Strong-billed Honeyeater

The Strong-billed Honeyeater is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

* Strong-billed Honeyeater, Melithreptus validirostris * Brown-headed Honeyeater, Melithreptus brevirostris * White-throated Honeyeater, Melithreptus albogularis * White-naped Honeyeater, Melithreptus lunatus * Black-headed Honeyeater, Melithreptus affinis * Stitchbird, Notiomystis cincta * Green-backed Honeyeater, Glycichaera fallax More

Unlike other Melithreptus honeyeaters, the Strong-billed Honeyeater is adapted to foraging for insects on the trunks of trees, moving up and down vertically and ripping at the bark to find food. More

The Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Melithreptus validirostris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. More

Strong-billed Honeyeater of Tasmania, probe under bark for insects and other morsels. Many species supplement their diets with a little fruit, and a small number eat considerable amounts of fruit, particularly in tropical rainforests and, oddly, in semi-arid scrubland. The Painted Honeyeater is a mistletoe specialist. Most, however, exist on a diet of nectar supplemented by varing quantities of insects. More

The strong-billed honeyeater is a common resident in forest and heath throughout Tasmania. It probes beneath bark and into crevices on branches to find insects. The bird breeds from September, and lays two to three spotted pinkish eggs in a deep cup-shaped nest among branches in the sub-canopy. Strong Billed Honeyeater, Tasmania © Bill Wakefield Privacy & Disclaimer | About This Site | Contact Us | Sitemap The official holiday, travel and bookings website for Tasmania, Australia. More

The endemic strong-billed honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) is a common resident in forest and heath throughout Tasmania. It probes beneath bark and into crevices on branches to find insects. The species breeds from September, and lays two to three spotted pinkish eggs in a deep cup-shaped among branches in the sub-canopy. audio button Its call is a loud single, double or repeated 'cheep'. More

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Strong-billed Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris = Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia - Feb, 2003 More

Strong-billed Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris = Described by: Gould (1837) Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia - Feb, 2003 More

Strong-billed Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris (endemic) 49. Black-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis (endemic) 50. Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera 51. New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 52. Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Phylidonyris melanops 53. Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris 54. White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons 55. Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor 56. Flame Robin Petroica phoenicia 57. Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster 58. More

Strong-billed honeyeater, Melithreptus validirostris = Strong-billed honeyeaterStrong-billed Honeyeater (Photograph by Dave Watts) Description The endemic Strong-billed Honeyeater has a black head with a distinctive white crescent across the back of the neck which leads to a white-blue crescent just above the eye. The chin and throat are white. The upperparts are olive-grey to green above and the underparts a dull grey-green. More

Strong-billed honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris Confined to the forests of Tasmania and the Bass Strait Islands ( race kingi), this honeyeater is olive-brown on the back with a grey abdomen.It is seen mainly in pairs or flocks and feeds on insects, their lavae and spiders. The birds can often be heard stripping back from a tree in a similar fashion to a tree-creeper. It seldom feeds on nectar that I have observed.Breeds July-December. More