Birds of Australia
Common Name: Brown-headed Honeyeater
Scientific Name: Melithreptus-brevirostris
The Brown-headed Honeyeater is the hardest bird to identify from illustrations in field guides.
Simpson & Day have the best illustration, Munmorah State Recreation Reserve Sept 2013.
Even the Australian Museum Photographic Field Guide Birds of Australia has a bird with a grey back.
The Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds was the same.
Munmorah State Recreation Reserve Sept 2013
This image is closer most sources if the Olive back is ignored. It was the combined knowledge of internet friends that set me on the right track. I also needed to view Google Images to save my sanity.
Munmorah State Recreation Reserve Sept 2013
Brown-headed Honeyeater Sept 2013 at Bambara Forest, NSW
Brown-headed Honeyeater Sept 2013 at Bambara Forest, NSW
Brown-headed Honeyeater in flight at Sept 2013 Bambara Forest, NSW
Brown-headed Honeyeater feeding Sept 2013 at Bambara Forest, NSW
Brown-headed Honeyeater, Young begging for food Sept 2013 at Bambara Forest, NSW
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