Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Mistletoebird at Kambah, ACT

Dicaeum hirundinaceum at Kambah, ACT - 31 Oct 2014 12:00 AM
Dicaeum hirundinaceum at Kambah, ACT - 31 Oct 2014 12:00 AM
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Identification history

Dicaeum hirundinaceum 15 Mar 2016 MichaelBedingfield
Dicaeum hirundinaceum 14 Mar 2016 JohnBundock

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2 comments

   14 Mar 2016
Wow John, great photos and nice work finding a nest!
JohnBundock wrote:
   17 Mar 2016
It's only the second nest I've seen. I photographed the female going back and fore into the grevillea. When I saw it on the screen at home I realised that she'd started nest building. I visited the site twice more but then went overseas for 5 weeks. During the time I was away the eggs hatched and the chicks fledged.

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Additional information

  • True Nesting site

Species information

  • Dicaeum hirundinaceum Scientific name
  • Mistletoebird Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 815.6m Recorded at altitude
  • 148 images trained Machine learning

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