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Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)

Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis), Bruny Island, Tasmania

 

Ebird checklist:

ebird.org/australia/checklist/S157381908

 

Small honeyeater with entirely black head. Upperparts olive with white underparts. Black coloration on head cuts off sharply to white underparts. Juveniles lack black head—instead have black around eye and brown head. Endemic to Tasmania and primarily inhabits drier forests of lower altitudes.

 

Source: Ebird

ebird.org/australia/species/blhhon1

 

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Uploaded on January 6, 2024
Taken on December 29, 2023