Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Acanthorhynchus

Eastern Spinebill

Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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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)

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.