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BIRD FACTS |
Description
A medium-sized honeyeater with a black head marked with a white band across the back of the neck. Back is olive-green and brown-grey below. White chin and throat. Has a sturdy bill and blue around the eye.
Feeds mostly on insects with some nectar and fruits. Feeds at all levels from the canopy to the ground. Strong-billed Honeyeaters form noisy feeding flocks and can move up and down tree trunks feeding on insects and some nectar. Has been reported to form mixed feeding flocks with the Black-headed Honeyeater. It feeds mainly by pulling bark off trees to access insects. Builds a small cup shaped next and usually lays three eggs. Both parents feed nestlings.
Author credit: Kathryn Medlock / Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
Habitat
Mainly lives in sclerophyll forests in gullies but may move onto slopes in winter. Can occur in wet sclerophyll forest preferring unburnt areas and areas with mature trees.
Food
Nectar
Range
Tasmania
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Meliphagidae | | Genus: | Melithreptus | | Species: | validirostris | | Common Name: | Strong-billed Honeyeater |
Relatives in same Genus
Black-headed Honeyeater (M. affinis)
White-throated Honeyeater (M. albogularis)
Black-chinned Honeyeater (M. gularis)
White-naped Honeyeater (M. lunatus)
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