Eastern Spinebill

Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Meliphagidae
Genus
Acanthorhynchus
eBird Code
easspi1

Vocalizations

John Cull · CC0_1_0
Lisa D. · CC0_1_0
graeme lunt · CC_BY_4_0
John Cull · CC0_1_0
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John Cull · CC0_1_0
A Emmerson · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris cairnsensis

    northeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland)

  • Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris dubius

    southeastern Australia (Tasmania, and King and Flinders islands, Bass Strait)

  • Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris halmaturinus

    south-central Australia (Mount Lofty Range, and Kangaroo Island off South Australia)

  • Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris tenuirostris

    eastern Australia (Proserpine, central Queensland to Robe, southeastern South Australia)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.