Ecology
A range of honeyeater species have been observed feeding at Adenanthos flowers, including Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Eastern Spinebill), Anthochaera chrysoptera (Little Wattlebird), Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera (Crescent Honeyeater), Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (New Holland Honeyeater), Gliciphila melanops (Tawny-crowned Honeyeater), Zosterops lateralis (Silvereye) and Melithreptus brevirostris (Brown-headed Honeyeater). One study found that the amount of time that birds spent feeding at a site was strongly correlated with the abundance of Banksia sessilis (Parrotbush), and seemed unrelated to the amount of Adenanthos there; yet these birds nonetheless fed at Adenanthos flowers.
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