Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ShrublandDomed nestTiny · 12 g

Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus), photo 1 — Photo: Kai Squires · CC BY 4.0

Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus), photo 2 — Photo: Kai Squires · CC BY 4.0

Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus), photo 3 — Photo: Matt B · CC BY 4.0

Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus), photo 4 — Photo: Matt B · CC BY 4.0

Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus), photo 6 — Photo: Kai Squires · CC BY 4.0

Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus), photo 7 — Photo: Kai Squires · CC BY 4.0

Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus), photo 8 — Photo: Kai Squires · CC BY 4.0

Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus), photo 9 — Photo: Matt B · CC BY 4.0

Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus), photo 10 — Photo: Matt B · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The Brown-backed honeyeater is small in size, measuring around 11–12cm in length with a weight of 11–14 g. The average wingspan is 6.2–7 cm (2.4 to 2.7 in), and the bill is 1.5–1.8 cm in length. Like the name suggests, it has a brown back with brown streaks across an otherwise white chest and belly, and a red bill. Similar in appearance to the Bar-breasted Honeyeater, but with a differing facial pattern. Voice: Calls include a rapid mick, mick, and a chattering shee-shee.

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When to see the Brown-backed Honeyeater

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown-backed Honeyeater

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia Indonesia Papua New Guinea

About the Brown-backed Honeyeater

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.

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Easily confused with

Bar-breasted HoneyeaterRamsayornis fasciatusThe bar-breasted honeyeater, also known as the White-breasted honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

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