The brown-headed honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris) is a species of
passerine bird in the family Meliphagidae, the
honeyeaters.
Endemic to Australia, its natural
habitats are temperate forests and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. Insects form the bulk of its diet, and like its close relatives, the
black-chinned and
strong-billed honeyeaters, it forages by probing in the bark of tree trunks and branches. This brown-headed honeyeater was photographed perching on a branch in
Patchewollock, Victoria.Photograph credit:
John Harrison