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Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum(Shaw, 1792)
Also known asMoomoon
Least ConcernNative
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The mistletoebird, also known as the mistletoe flowerpecker, is a species of flowerpecker native to most of Australia and also to the eastern Maluku Islands of Indonesia in the Arafura Sea between Australia and New Guinea. The mistletoebird eats mainly the berries of the parasitic mistletoe and is a vector for the spread of the mistletoe's seeds through its digestive system.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Aru Is. (south-west of New Guinea) and Australia (except Tasmania)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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