Description
English: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis), Cape Schanck, Victoria
Date 13 April 2006
Source http://www.scienceimage.csiro.au/image/3410
Author John Manger, CSIRO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research_Organisation
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_3410_Spinycheeked_Honeyeater_Cape_Schanck_Victoria.jpg

The spiny-cheeked honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) is the only species in the genus Acanthagenys. It is large, for a honeyeater, ranging from 22 to 27 centimeters and weighing around 52 grams. The birds are sociable, aggressive, and often observed foraging in large flocks. 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. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Meliphagidae, Genus: Acanthagenys, Species: Acanthagenys rufogularis Gould, 1838.