Brown-headed Honeyeaters

BROWN-HEADED HENEYEATER Melithreptus brevirostris 

 

 

I was watching a group of these small honeyeaters at Lake Eppalock last week. There, they were very busy feeding amongst a small forest of young red gum saplings. I could not see clearly, but they appeared to be feeding off inswcts on the leaves of the young trees.

 

 

 

They are small birds with beautiful olive backs, a distinctive white band spreads around from the back of the neck, contrasting with the deep brown head. 

 

 

 

 

 

Whilst I was watching them feeding on insects, they also feed on nectar and pollen from the flowers on trees.