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Strong-billed Honeyeater
Melithreptus validirostris(Gould, 1837)
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Melithreptus
At a glance
The Strong-billed Honeyeater is a small bird, about 15 cm long, endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 15 cm
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Strong-billed Honeyeater look like?
The Strong-billed Honeyeater is a small bird, about 15 cm long and weighing 23–31 g.
The strong-billed honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is one of two species of the genus Melithreptus endemic to Tasmania. Its natural habitat is temperate forest.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Strong-billed Honeyeater?
The Strong-billed Honeyeater is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Strong-billed Honeyeater eat?
The Strong-billed Honeyeater feeds on fruit, nectar/pollen and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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