honey eater in English

noun
1
an Australasian songbird with a long brushlike tongue for feeding on nectar.
Bell-birds and tuis - forest birds in the nectar-feeding family called honeyeaters - have brushlike tongues that enable them to lap up honeydew drops easily.

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1. Bellbird definition, any of several birds having a loud bell-like cry, especially Anthornis melanura, a honey eater of New Zealand, and Procnias tricarunculata(three