Male bellbird (89/196)
In a perfect partnership, long anthers deposit pollen on this bellbird's forehead as it uses its long brush-tipped tongue to feed on the nectar deep in the flax flower.
- Scientific name
- Anthornis melanura
- Common names
- bellbird, New Zealand bellbird, korimako, makomako
- Location
- Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand
- Photo ID
- 8299
- Tags
- Anthornis, Anthornis melanura, honeyeater, Meliphagidae, Not Threatened, Passeriformes, pollen, pollinate, Pollination
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