Black-headed Honeyeater

Black-headed Honeyeater

One of three species of Honeyeater endemic to Tasmania, a small party of these birds arrived in our friends’ garden early one morning and foraged on the ground near the garage. These were the only members of this species which we saw in a week in Tasmania.

Country: Australia
Location: near Sheffield, TAS
Family: Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Species: Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis)
Date taken: 28/11/2013