Needler honey , or red- necked catfish honeyfish [1] ( lat. Acanthagenys rufogularis ), a species of passerine bird from the family of honey beetle (Meliphagidae), the only one in the genus of needle-bearing honey suckers ( Acanthagenys ) [2] .
| Needler honey |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Gender: | Acupuncture honey suckers ( Acanthagenys Gould, 1838 ) |
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| International scientific name |
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Acanthagenys rufogularis Gould , 1838 |
| Synonyms |
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- Anthochaera rufogularis (Gould, 1838)
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| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22704451 |
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The body is quite large for honey pumps - from 22 to 27 centimeters, weight about 52 grams [3] . Birds are quite social, aggressive, and often feed in large flocks [4] .
The needle-fed honey hater is a gray-brown bird with a fiery orange throat and chest. The wings are gray with white edges. The tail is long with white tips. The beak is pink with a black edge [4] .
The needle-fed honey sucker is mainly fertile , but also feeds on nectar , flowers, insects , reptiles and young chicks [4] . It lives mainly in deserts, coastal shrubs and dry forests [3] , it is also found in mangrove forests [4] . Distributed mainly in Australia [5] .
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 384. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ Honeyeaters : [ eng. ] / F. Gill & D. Donsker (Eds). // IOC World Bird List (v 8.2). - 2018 .-- DOI : 10.14344 / IOC.ML.8.2 . (Retrieved December 20, 2018) .
- ↑ 1 2 “Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater.” Featherdal Wildlife Park, Sydney, Australia. Accessed: July 18, 2007. URL: Archived copy (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 28, 2011. Archived January 28, 2003.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Birds in Backyards: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Archived July 17, 2007 on the Wayback Machine . Australian Museum. 2005. Accessed: July 18, 2007.
- ↑ Oz Birds: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater. Accessed: July 18, 2007. URL
