Heather Angel / Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) feeding on nectar of flame grevillea (Grevillea excelsior) Kings Park, Western Australia Botanic garden, Western Australia.

Heather Angel / Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) nectaring on Fuschia grevillea (Grevillea bipinnatifida). Western Australia Botanic Garden, Kings Park, Perth,

Heather Angel / Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) nectaring on Grevillea (Grevillea preissii). Western Australia Botanic Garden, Kings Park, Perth, Australia. November.

Heather Angel / Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) nectaring on Bottlebrush (Callistemon sp). Bird has brush-tipped tongue. Quaalup Homestead near Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia.

Tim Laman / Common smoky honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus) Papua New Guinea

Roger Powell / Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) perched on a garden fence. Werribee, Victoria, Australia

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

Shane P. White / Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus), Kumul Lodge, Papua New Guinea

Shane P. White / Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus), Kumul Lodge, Papua New Guinea

Jiri Lochman / Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) feeding on Bird-beak hakea (Hakea orthorrhyncha) flowers, Kalbarri National Park, Western Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) feeding on Bird-beak hakea (Hakea orthorrhyncha) flowers, Kalbarri National Park, Western Australia. June 2014.