Mark Carwardine / Stitchbird / Hihi (Notiomystis cincta) juvenile being ringed, Karori Sanctuary, Wellington, New Zealand, vulnerable species, January 2009

Roland Seitre / White-fronted Honeyeater (Purnella / Phylidonyris albifrons). Captive. Desert Park, Alice Springs, Northern Territories.

Dave Watts / Yellow-throated honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavicollis) perched on grass, Tasmanian endemic, Tasmania, Australia, January

Dave Watts / Yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) perched, endemic, Tasmania, Australia, January

Dave Watts / Noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) feeding on flower, Queensland, Australia, October

Dave Watts / Noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) on nest, Queensland, Australia, November

Brent Stephenson / Male Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) collecting sad from wound in tree. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Female Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) perched, fluffed up with rain on feathers. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) perched on a branch. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) singing with bill wide open. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched on a branch, displaying with white eartufts raised and tail cocked. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched on a vertical branch. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) perched. Note iridescent plumage. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) perched. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) singing with bill wide open. Note iridescent plumage in the sunshine. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Female Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched on a branch amongst foliage. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) perched. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) perched, calling. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched displaying with white eartufts raised and tail partly cocked. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched on an angled branch. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched, calling. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) perched. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Female Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched on an angled branch with tail cocked. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Female Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched, with tail cocked. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) perched, showing iridescence in the plumage. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Konrad Wothe / Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) perched, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, November

Konrad Wothe / Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) perched, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) male in nest, Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Eastern spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) male on lilies feeding on nectar, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Eastern spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) male feeding on nectar from flower, rainforest, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Helmeted friarbird (Philemon buceroides) perched, Queensland, Australia, captive

Dave Watts / Little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) perched, south-east Tasmania, Australia, January

Dave Watts / Little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) perched, feeding on berry of native Cherry (Exocarpus cupressiformis) south-east Tasmania, Australia, January

Dave Watts / Little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) perched, south-east Tasmania, Australia, January

Dave Watts / Little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) perched, south-east Tasmania, Australia, January

Dave Watts / Little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) perched, south-east Tasmania, Australia, January

Tim Laman / Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae). Mist-netted bird photographed in the hand. This is a new species of bird discovered by Bruce Beehler in 2005 in the Foja Mountains.

Tim Laman / Bruce Beehler with a captured Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae), a new species of bird he discovered in the Foja Mountains, 2005. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2007.

Tim Laman / Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae). New species of bird discovered in the Foja Mountains in 2005 by Bruce Beehler. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2007.

Dave Watts / New Holland / Yellow Winged Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) perched by flowers. Tasmania, Australia, January.

Dave Watts / New Holland / Yellow Winged Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) feeding on nectar. Tasmania, Australia, January.

Brent Stephenson / Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) feeding on nectar from pohutukawa tree flowers. Wenderholm Region Park, Auckland, New Zealand, December.

Marie Read / Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayana) perching amid bottlebrush (Callistemon sp.) flowers. Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) (a member of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae) perched amid orange flowers Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / New Holland / Yellow Winged Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) attracted to feed on bottlebrush (Callistemon sp.) flower, Kangaroo Island, Australia, December.

Marie Read / Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayana) perching amid bottlebrush (Callistemon sp.) flowers. Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), (a member of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae), hovering to sip from orange flowers, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) (a member of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae) sipping nectar from orange flowers, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), (a member of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae), hovering to sip nectar from orange flowers Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Mike Read / New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) feeding on nectar from New Zealand flax. New Zealand, December.

Brent Stephenson / Orange-breasted Myzomela / Honeyeater (Myzomela jugularis) male perched on a branch. Vaunggava, Southern Lau Group, Fiji, November.

Brent Stephenson / Orange-breasted Myzomela / Honeyeater (Myzomela jugularis) male perched on a vine in the canopy. Kabara, Southern Lau Group, Fiji, November.

Kevin Schafer / Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayana) on a branch in the wild. Atherton Tablelands, Northern Queensland, Australia.

Andrew Walmsley / Grey-headed honeyeater (Lichenostomus keartlandi) Uluru National Park, Australia, October

Andrew Walmsley / Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) singing, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, November

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape sugarbird, (Promerops cafer) perched on Protea, Kirstenbosch botanical gardens, Cape Town, South Africa

Mike Potts / New Holland / Honey winged honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) feeding on Grevillea sp flowers, Margaret River, Western Australia. December

Andrew Walmsley / Female Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) on flax flowers, Christchurch, New Zealand, January

Rod Williams / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) perched in flowering rainforest tree, Lamington National Park, SE Queensland, Australia, March

Rod Williams / Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) perched, Lamington National Park, SE Queensland, Australia, March

Rod Williams / Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) Tiritiri Matangi Is, Hauraki Gulf, North Is, New Zealand, March

Tim Laman / Blue faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) on tree trunk, Queensland, Australia

Tim Laman / Black backed / Grey-streaked honeyeater (Ptiloprora perstriata) feeding, near Mt, Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Tim Laman / Belford's Melidectes (Melidectes belfordi) portrait, near Mt. Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Tim Laman / Red-collared myzomela (Myzomela rosenbergii) portrait, Tomba Pass, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Tim Laman / Common smoky honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus) perched on a branch, Southwestern slopes of Mt. Hage, Enga Province, Paupa New Guinea

Tim Laman / Common smoky honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus) on a branch in the vicinity of Mt. Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Tim Laman / Belford's honeyeater (Melidectes belfordi) near Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Tim Laman / Lewin honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) on branch, Queensland, Australia

Tim Laman / Rufous-backed Honeyeater (Ptiloprora guisei) Tari Valley vicinity, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Andrew Walmsley / Tui / Parson bird (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) feeding on flax flowers, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, October

Jouan & Rius / Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Spiny-cheeked honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) Central Australia, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Noisy miner bird (Manorina melanocephala) in tree, Queensland, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Lewin's honeyeater (Meliphaga Lewinii) on branch, Queensland, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Blue faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Bundjalung National Park, Queensland, Australia

Tim Laman / Wattled Honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculata) feeding on Torch ginger flower, Viti Levu Island, Fiji.

Roger Powell / Red Wattlebird {Anthochaera carunculata} perched, Victoria, Australia

Roger Powell / Red Wattlebird {Anthochaera carunculata} perched, Victoria, Australia

Roger Powell / Red Wattlebird {Anthochaera carunculata} looking for food, Victoria, Australia

Roger Powell / Noisy Miner {Manorina melanocephala} looking back over shoulder, Victoria, Australia

Steven David Miller / Yellow winged / New Holland Honeyeater {Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris} feeding on flower nectar, Summer, Cape Le Grand National Park, Western Australia

Steven David Miller / Yellow winged / New Holland Honeyeater {Phylidonyris novaehollandiae canescens} feeding on Banksia flower, Autumn, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia

Steven David Miller / Red Wattlebird {Anthochaera carunculata woodwardi} Gloucester National Park, Pemberton, Western Australia

Steven David Miller / Yellow winged / New Holland Honeyeater {Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris} Summer, Gloucester National Park, Western Australia

Mike Potts / Bellbird {Anthornis melanura} searching for food on beach, Ulva Island, South Island, New Zealand

Mike Potts / Tui / Parson bird {Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae} Ulva Island, South Island, New Zealand

Mike Potts / Tui {Prosthemadera novaesellandiae} Ulva Island, South Island, New Zealand

Dave Watts / Yellow Winged / New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Tasmania, Australia

Pete Oxford / New Holland / Yellow winged Honeyeater {Phylidonyris novaehollandiae} Tasmania, Australia

Neil Lucas / Spring honeyeater {Heliphaga virescens} Perth, Australia