Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Black Honeyeater (Sugomel nigrum) - HBW 13, p. 636

French: Myzomèle cravaté German: Trauerhonigfresser Spanish: Mielero Blanquinegro
Other common names: Gray's Honeyeater, Charcoal Bird

Taxonomy: Myzomela nigra Gould, 1838, interior of New South Wales, Australia.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Certhionyx; species formerly placed in Myzomela. Genus name is neuter, because ends in a neuter Latin noun. Monotypic.

Distribution: Australia from W coast E, largely S of c. 19° S, to W slopes of Great Divide; typically absent from larger desert regions (e.g. Simpson Desert), Nullarbor Plain, and moister coastal and subcoastal areas of SW, S & SE.