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Black-headed Honeyeater
Melithreptus affinis (Lesson, RP, 1839)
Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
Black-headed Honeyeater, Melithreptus affinis, is a honeyeater of Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands in south-eastern Australia. It is found in wet and dry sclerophyll forest, scrub, heathland and subalpine country, reaching 1200 m. Endemic to Tasmania and nearby islands, it is one of two Melithreptus species confined there. It was first described in 1839. Its head is entirely black, without the pale nape shown by close relatives, and it has a blue-white bare patch around the eye. It feeds mainly on insects and spiders, with some flower nectar.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Tasmania and Bass Strait is. (se Australia)
