Black-chinned Honeyeater

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When to see the Black-chinned Honeyeater

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-chinned Honeyeater

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black-chinned Honeyeater

The black-chinned honeyeater is a species of passerine bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. Two subspecies are recognised. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests.

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Easily confused with

Black-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus affinisA mid-sized honeyeater, it is olive-green above and white below, with a wholly black head that lacks the white nape of its relatives. Gilbert's HoneyeaterMelithreptus chloropsisA mid-sized honeyeater, Gilbert's honeyeater has olive-green upperparts and white underparts to the undertail. Strong-billed HoneyeaterMelithreptus validirostrisA mid-sized honeyeater at 16.5–17.5 cm (6.5–7 in) in length, it is olive-brown above and pale grey-brown below, with a black head, nape and throat, a pale blue to off-white patch over the eye, and a white crescent on the nape.

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