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Strong-billed Honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) Alternate name(s): "Barkbird", "Black-capped Honeyeater*", "Black Cap*" Size: 16-17.5 cm Weight: 22-32 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Strong-billed Honeyeaters are very small nectar-eating birds. Except for a light-blue skin patches above the eyes and a white band around the nape of the neck, their head is black. Down the centre of their throat they have an inconspicuous black vertical stripe, contrasting against the white sides of the throat. The rest of the front, from the breast down to the undertail coverts, is light-grey. The back and rump are olive-grey. The wings are dark-grey, the uppertail is also dark-grey, while the undertail is light-grey. The irises are dark. The short, slightly down-curved bill is black, while the legs and feet are the colour of skin. Juveniles have a sooty head, with lemon stripes where adults are white. The eye skin and base of the bill are yellowish-orange.

Taxonomy, classification See Strong-billed Honeyeater at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Strong-billed Honeyeater is available HERE . Strong-billed Honeyeaters are endemic to Tasmania and some smaller islands along Bass Strait. On Tasmania they are found almost everywhere, except a narrow coastal strip in the South-west and the hills to the South-east of Launceston. They are present on King Island, the smaller islands near the north-western tip of Tasmania, on Flinders Island, very rarely on Clarke Island, but not on Cape Barren Island. Strong-billed Honeyeaters have a preference for various types of forest.

Sightings Click here for sighting information B. Hensen reports spotting Strong-billed Honeyeaters on Bruny Island, TAS, in March 2016. M. Eaton found a Strong-billed Honeyeater at Margate, Kingborough, TAS, in September 2021.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Distant full-frontal view of a Strong-billed Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Bruny Island, TAS, March 2016]

Frontal view of a Strong-billed Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Margate, Kingborough, TAS, September 2021]

Near-lateral view of a Strong-billed Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Bruny Island, TAS, March 2016]

Lateral view of a Strong-billed Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Margate, Kingborough, TAS, September 2021]

Lateral view of a Strong-billed Honeyeater hanging under a branch; note the characteristic small black chin patch (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Bruny Island, TAS, March 2016]

Distant lateral view of a Strong-billed Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Bruny Island, TAS, March 2016]

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