BirdUp · Species
Black-headed Honeyeater
Melithreptus affinis(Lesson, RP, 1839)
Endemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Melithreptus
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The black-headed honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is one of two members of the genus Melithreptus endemic to Tasmania. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. Despite its name, the black-headed honeyeater eats predominantly insects.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Tasmania and Bass Strait is. (south-east Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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