Black-headed Honeyeater
A species of Black-capped Honeyeaters Scientific name : Melithreptus affinis Genus : Black-capped Honeyeaters
Black-headed Honeyeater, A species of Black-capped Honeyeaters
Botanical name: Melithreptus affinis
Genus: Black-capped Honeyeaters
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Description General Info
Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
A mid-sized honeyeater, it is olive-green above and white below, with a wholly black head that lacks the white nape of its relatives. It has a blue-white patch of bare skin around the eye. Its beak is small. 
Size
14 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Black-headed Honeyeater primarily consumes insects, adept at foraging among tree foliage rather than probing trunks. Unique from relatives, they display an upside-down foraging behavior, minimizing overlap with similar species.
Habitat
The habitat of black-headed Honeyeater primarily consists of dry sclerophyll forests with a notable presence of Eucalyptus trees and varying densities of undergrowth, including shrubs and grasses. These birds show a marked preference for areas with thicker understory, but they can also occupy mature wet sclerophyll forests. While less common, black-headed Honeyeater can be found in open eucalypt woodlands, coastal heathlands, and occasionally in subalpine forests or parks and gardens. They tend to avoid treeless areas unless there are scattered emergent trees available.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Distribution Area
The black-headed honeyeater is endemic to Tasmania as well as King Island and the Furneaux Group, where it inhabits wet and dry sclerophyll forests, as well as scrub and heathland, and subalpine habitats to an altitude of 1200 m (4000 ft).
Photo By Don Roberson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Honeyeaters Genus
Black-capped Honeyeaters Species
Black-headed Honeyeater 
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