Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | menjamel capnegre |
| Dutch | Zwartkophoningeter |
| English | Black-headed Honeyeater |
| English (United States) | Black-headed Honeyeater |
| French | Méliphage à tête noire |
| French (France) | Méliphage à tête noire |
| German | Schwarzkopf-Honigfresser |
| Japanese | ズグロミツスイ |
| Norwegian | svarthettehonningeter |
| Polish | miodopoik czarnogłowy |
| Russian | Черноголовая медвянка |
| Slovak | medárik kapucňový |
| Spanish | Mielero Carinegro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mielero carinegro |
| Swedish | svarthuvad honungsfågel |
| Turkish | Kara Başlı Balkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Медопійник чорноголовий |
Melithreptus affinis (Lesson, 1839)
PROTONYM:
Eidopsarus affinis
Lesson, 1839. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 2, p.167.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Nova Wallia meridionalis' [error = Tasmania] .
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELITHREPTUS
- affinae / affine / affinis
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Black-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis Scientific name definitions
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 12, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 12, 2018
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Black-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis
Authors
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Recommended Citation
Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. Ford (2020). Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blhhon1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 12, 2018
- Black-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis
Authors
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Recommended Citation
Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. Ford (2018). Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
