Black-headed honeyeater

Black-headed honeyeater
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Melithreptus
Species:	M. affinis
Binomial name
Melithreptus affinis (Lesson, 1839)

The black-headed honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is one of two members of the genus Melithreptus endemic to Tasmania. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.^{[citation needed]} Despite its name, the black-headed honeyeater eats predominantly insects.^{[citation needed]}