Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Mistletoebird at Black Range, NSW

Request use of media

Identification history

	Dicaeum hirundinaceum	4 Feb 2023	Liam.m
	Smicrornis brevirostris	23 Jan 2023	KMcCue

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Saw 1 heard 3. Amazing to see it hovering expertly as it scoured the forest from crown to forest floor. It even came over to see what I was doing there stumbling through the undergrowth. I hav added another (poor) photo if that helps.I didn't think other birds could hover and it was tiny.

5 comments

Liam.m wrote:

4 Feb 2023

I can't really see enough to get an accurate ID, though this looks like a very young bird. You're sure they were weebills? If you are I'll confirm.

KMcCue wrote:

4 Feb 2023

Liam
I have added another photo if that helps.

Liam.m wrote:

4 Feb 2023

Thanks, new photo looks to be a female mistletoe bird, but I’m not able to ID the bird in the first photo confidently. Maybe best to make a new sighting for it. @natureguy opinion?

natureguy wrote:

4 Feb 2023

Thanks Liam I had a look the other day at this one, wasn't convinced on Weebill with the level of detail present, the second image is definitely Mistletoebird, but I agree, not convinced they are even the same bird.

Liam.m wrote:

4 Feb 2023

Thanks Luke

Please Login or Register to comment.