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Black-headed Honeyeater

Melithreptus affinis
Family
Honeyeaters
Order
Passeriformes
Codes
blhhon1, BHHO
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyHoneyeaters (Meliphagidae)
SpeciesMelithreptus affinis
Codesblhhon1, BHHO
Identification

The Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis) is a member of the Honeyeaters family within the order Passeriformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code blhhon1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Myza celebensis
White-eared Myza
Myza sarasinorum
Eastern Spinebill
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Western Spinebill
Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
Pied Honeyeater
Certhionyx variegatus
Plain Honeyeater
Pycnopygius ixoides
Black-headed Honeyeater photo
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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Melithreptus affinis

Family: Honeyeaters

Order: Passeriformes

eBird Code: blhhon1