Mistletoebird, Dicaeum hirundinaceum (protonym, Motacilla hirundinacea), Shaw, 1792, also known as the mistletoe flowerpecker, the Australian flowerpecker or as the fire-breasted flowerpecker, ...
Some creatures are so specialised that, without them, other species would perish within a generation. One such creature is the mistletoebird – a tiny delicate bird found throughout Australia's wooded ...
LOOK AT THOSE three heavenly little faces, poking out of their pear-shaped nest made from crushed spider webs, egg sacs, plant down and wattle-blossom. It’s so nice to see baby birds be something ...
Mostly seen in spring and summer in the Ballarat region, the mistletoebird’s movements are governed by its food of mistletoe berries.