Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Honeyeaters :: Brown-headed Honeyeater

Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris

Described by: Vigors; Horsfield (1827)
Alternate common name(s): Short-billed Honeyeater
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Murramarang National Park, New South Wales, Australia - Mar, 2006 © Arthur Grosset 
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Range

(1) Sw. and s. Western Australia n. along the coast to Shark Bay, and s. South Australia (Eyre Peninsula).
(2) Se. Australia in ne. New South Wales, s. Victoria and ex. se. South Australia).
(3) Kangaroo Is.
(4) S. Victoria (Otway Peninsula and Gippsland).
(5) Sc. Queensland n. to Cunnamulla and Bowen, sw., c., and e. New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory (Campbell Park and Tidbinbilla along the Camelback Firetrail), nw. Victoria (Hattah Lake in the Hattah-Kylkyne National Park, Wyperfield National Park and You Yangs) and e. South Australia.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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