Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Taxobox
name = Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

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image_caption = Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater taken at Gluepot Reserve, South Australia
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Meliphagidae
genus = "Acanthagenys"
genus_authority = Gould, 1838
species = "A. rufogularis"
binomial = "Acanthagenys rufogularis"
binomial_authority = Gould, 1838

The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater ("Acanthagenys rufogularis") is the only species in the genus "Acanthegenys." It is large, for a honeyeater, ranging from 22 to 27 centimeters and weighing around 52 grams "Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater." Featherdal Wildlife Park, Sydney, Australia. Accessed: 18 July 2007. URL: [http://www.featherdale.com.au/featherdale/featherdale.ns4/Animals/Spiny-cheeked+Honeyeater] ] . The birds are sociable, aggressive, and often observed foraginging in large flocks Birds in Backyards: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater. Australian Museum. 2005. Accessed: 18 July 2007. URL: [http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=151|http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/] ] .

The honeyeater is mainly frugivorous, but will also eat nectar, blossoms, insects, reptiles, and baby birds. Its habitat includes deserts, coastal scrubland, and dry woodlands . It can also be found in mangroves and orchards . Its range includes most of Australia except for Tasmania, tropical Northern areas, the Southeastern coast [Oz Birds: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater. Accessed: 18 July 2007. URL: [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/ozbirds/spiny-cheekedhoneyeater.html] ] .

The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is a grey-brown bird with a burnt orange throat and chest. It has grey wings edged with white, and a long tail with white tips. It has a pink, black-tipped bill .

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