Eastern Spinebill

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iEastern Spinebill

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Acanthorhynchus
Species: A. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
(Latham, 1802)

The Eastern Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, is found in south-eastern Australia in forest and woodland areas. It is around fifteen centimetres long, and has a distinctive black, white and chestnut plumage, a red eye, and a long downcurved bill.

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