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Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum(Shaw, 1792)
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Also known asMoomoon
At a glance
The Mistletoebird is a tiny bird, about 9–11 cm long, listed as Least Concern and native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 9–11 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Mistletoebird look like?
The Mistletoebird is a tiny bird, about 9–11 cm long and weighing 8–10 g.
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
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Mistletoebird?
The Mistletoebird is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
Jeremy James · Metung VIC 3904, Australia
Call
Thomas Mesaglio · Queens Lake Nature Reserve, New South Wales
Call
Rosalie Lawrence · Kangarilla SA 5157, Australia
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Rod Lowther · Geelong VIC, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Mistletoebird eat?
The Mistletoebird feeds on fruit and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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