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Western Spinebill

(Acanthorhynchus superciliosus)
Alternate name(s): "White-browed Spinebill"
Aboriginal name(s): "booldjit"

Size: 12-16 cm
Weight: 8-11 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Western Spinebill at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Western Spinebill (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Bungendore Park, near Perth, WA, June 2015]

Near-lateral view of a male Western Spinebill (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Bungendore Park, near Perth, WA, June 2015]

Lateral view of a moulting male Western Spinebill with its tongue sticking out (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

FEMALE

Lateral view of a female Western Spinebill; note the much plainer plumage than the males' (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a female Western Spinebill in a Dryandra shrub, in which it was feeding; note the absence of a facial mask and frontal bar pattern (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Bungendore Park, near Perth, WA, June 2015]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Distant near-lateral view of a juvenile Western Spinebill; note the yellow gape (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Dryandra Woodlands, near Narrogin, WA, May 2018]

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