Ecology
In a 1977 study conducted in South Australia, designed to gather evidence for the premise that honeyeaters pollinate the flowers they visit, A. terminalis flowers were regularly visited by Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Eastern Spinebill), Anthochaera chrysoptera (Little Wattlebird), Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera (Crescent Honeyeater), Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (New Holland Honeyeater) and Gliciphila melanops (Tawny-crowned Honeyeater). Pollen of A. terminalis was recovered from the facial feathers of individuals of all of these species except Anthochaera chrysoptera, and also from Melithreptus brevirostris (Brown-headed Honeyeater).
It is susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback.
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