List of Birds of Tasmania - Honeyeaters

Honeyeaters

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Meliphagidae

Honeyeaters are a diverse and widespread group of nectar and insect-eating birds found across Australia and surrounding regions. Eleven species are found in Tasmania, of which four are endemic, including Australia's largest honeyeater, the Yellow Wattlebird.

  • Yellow Wattlebird, Anthochaera paradoxa (E)
  • Little Wattlebird, Anthochaera chrysoptera
  • Noisy Miner, Manorina melanocephala
  • Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Lichenostomus flavicollis (E)
  • Strong-billed Honeyeater, Melithreptus validirostris (E)
  • Black-headed Honeyeater, Melithreptus affinis (E)
  • Crescent Honeyeater, Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
  • New Holland Honeyeater, Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
  • Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Phylidonyris melanops
  • Eastern Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
  • White-fronted Chat, Epthianura albifrons

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