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Strong-billed Honeyeater
Melithreptus validirostris (Gould, 1837)
Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
Strong-billed Honeyeater, Melithreptus validirostris, breeds in Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands in south-eastern Australia, and is a honeyeater in the family Meliphagidae. It was first described by Gould in 1837. One of only two Melithreptus species found only in Tasmania, it is tied to temperate forest. The bird is placed in Passeriformes. Its scientific name is Melithreptus validirostris.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Tasmania and Bass Strait is. (se Australia)
