Brown-backed Honeyeater
Photo · G.R. Gray, 1858

BirdUp · Species

Brown-backed Honeyeater

Ramsayornis modestus(Gray, GR, 1858)

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The brown-backed honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Patchily on New Guinea coast and satellites, and Cape York Pen., north-east QLD (north-east Australia)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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