Eidopsarus bicinctus Swainson The strong-billed honeyeater (Melithreptus validirostris) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

[5] More recently, DNA analysis has shown honeyeaters to be related to the Pardalotidae (pardalotes), Acanthizidae (Australian warblers, scrubwrens, thornbills, etc.

[7] The strong-billed honeyeater is found in mature forest with large trees, such as Eucalyptus regnans and E. delegatensis.

Its diet is principally insects and various other invertebrates, which it hunts on tree trunks, supplemented by nectar and fallen fruit.

[8] Although both species are widespread in Tasmania, the Strong-billed rarely overlaps in site and foraging with the black-headed honeyeater.