Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterThe Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is widespread on mainland Australia. Adults have distinctive cheek feathers, and a study in inland New South Wales recorded movements associated with flowers and fruit.What does it look like?Adults have thick, stiff white feathers on the cheeks, sometimes tinged yellow. The sexes have similar plumage, while males are larger.How does it live?The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is widespread on mainland Australia. Adults have distinctive cheek feathers, and a study in inland New South Wales recorded movements associated with flowers and fruit.At three sites in central New South Wales, the study recorded birds moving in after eucalypts flowered at some locations, and breeding in a separate site rich in mistletoe fruit even in a dry year.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.