Strong-billed Honeyeater
A species of Black-capped Honeyeaters Scientific name : Melithreptus validirostris Genus : Black-capped Honeyeaters
Strong-billed Honeyeater, A species of Black-capped Honeyeaters
Botanical name: Melithreptus validirostris
Genus: Black-capped Honeyeaters
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Description General Info
Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
A mid-sized honeyeater at 16.5–17.5 cm (6.5–7 in) in length, it is olive-brown above and pale grey-brown below, with a black head, nape and throat, a pale blue to off-white patch over the eye, and a white crescent on the nape. Juveniles have brownish crowns, lemon-tinged nape, and an orange base of bill. Its call is a loud cheep cheep, or a churring. 
Size
15 cm
Nest Placement
Cavity
Feeding Habits
Strong-billed Honeyeater mainly eats insects, occasionally nectar and fruit. It forages on trees' bark, foliage, and rarely ground leaf litter, employing unique techniques like flaking, prying, and pulling bark to hunt, often moving along trunks. Prefers foraging in flocks, sometimes with M. affinis.
Habitat
The strong-billed Honeyeater inhabits primarily mature, wet sclerophyll forests with various eucalyptus species, often found in gulleys with sclerophyllous understorey or cool temperate rainforest elements. It's also present in dry sclerophyll forests on slopes and ridges. Occasionally, strong-billed Honeyeater frequent rainforests with endemic trees, subalpine woodlands, coastal scrubs, heathlands, wet scrubs with dense vegetation and emergent eucalypts, as well as sedgelands with eucalypts.
Dite type
Nectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Photo By Don Roberson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Honeyeaters Genus
Black-capped Honeyeaters Species
Strong-billed Honeyeater 
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