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Grey-headed Honeyeater
Photo · Rawoteea, Boheme Jennifer. Museums Victoria.

BirdUp · Species

Grey-headed Honeyeater

Ptilotula keartlandi(North, 1895)

Updated 21 March 2026

Origin: Endemic
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Meliphagidae
Genus
Ptilotula

At a glance

The Grey-headed Honeyeater is a small bird, about 13–17 cm long, endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.

Size
13–17 cm
Origin
Endemic
Best seen
Year-round
Commonness
Endemic
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When
  • Behaviour
  • Gallery

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

What does a Grey-headed Honeyeater look like?

The Grey-headed Honeyeater is a small bird, about 13–17 cm long and weighing 12–18 g.

The grey-headed honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Field specs

Length
13–17 cm
Weight
12–18 g

Measurements · avonet · CC BY 4.0

03 · When

When to look

When can you see a Grey-headed Honeyeater?

The Grey-headed Honeyeater is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

What does a Grey-headed Honeyeater eat?

The Grey-headed Honeyeater feeds on fruit, nectar/pollen and foliage/herbs, usually foraging in pairs or flocks.

06 · Gallery

Plumage up close

6 photos

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Grey-headed Honeyeater live in Australia?

The Grey-headed Honeyeater is endemic to Australia, recorded across 37 of Australia’s bioregions.

BreedingNorth-west WA to north-central QLD (west and central Australia)

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Resident
  • Vagrant

6 regions recorded