Black Honeyeater

Sugomel nigrum

Luritja Road, Mereeni, C NT IMG_9141 20160614 - adult male: slender decurved bill, black hood & 'tie', short tail.

Notes: Small, plump. Fine black bill strongly down-curved. Male: sooty-black head, upperparts;
white below w. black "tie" on breast. Female: dull grey-brown w. buff-grey spots on throat &
breast; similar to larger Pied Honeyeater but broad pale fringes to wing coverts.
Arid, semi-arid open woodlands. Nomadic.

Range from Morcombe©