Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis) - HBW 13, p. 675

French: Méliphage à tête noire German: Schwarzkopf-Honigschmecker Spanish: Mielero Carinegro
Other common names: Black-capped/King Island Honeyeater

Taxonomy: Eidopsarus affinis Lesson, 1839, Nova Wallia meridionalis = Tasmania.
Closest to M. albogularis and M. lunatus, the three species characterized by tapering white napeband, uniformly citrine dorsum, white breast to vent, slender sepia-toned feet, and black of head extending to side of breast. May form a superspecies with M. lunatus. Birds on King I described as race alisteri, but no constant differences apparent between them and populations from mainland Tasmania and Flinders I. Monotypic.

Distribution: Islands in Bass Strait (King I and Furneaux Group), and Tasmania.