How big is a Green-backed Honeyeater?

The Green-backed Honeyeater is a tiny sized bird weighing about 11 g.

Where can you see a Green-backed Honeyeater?

The Green-backed Honeyeater occurs in 3 countries, including Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

What birds look similar to a Green-backed Honeyeater?

The Green-backed Honeyeater is most easily confused with the Black-throated Honeyeater, the Gibberbird and the Timor Friarbird.

Is the Green-backed Honeyeater endangered?

The Green-backed Honeyeater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Green-backed Honeyeater

Glycichaera fallax

Honeyeaters · Passeriformes · Rare

The Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax) is a rare honeyeater found in 3 countries, weighing about 11 g. The green-backed honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

Least ConcernRareEats invertebratesforest11 g

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 1 — Photo: Melissa Doherty · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 2 — Photo: Melissa Doherty · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 3 — Photo: Alan Bell · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 4 — Photo: Alan Bell · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 5 — Photo: Marki, Petter · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 6 — Photo: de Beaufort L.F. & H.A. Lorentz · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 7 — Photo: de Beaufort L.F. & H.A. Lorentz · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 8 — Photo: de Beaufort L.F. & H.A. Lorentz · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 9 — Photo: de Beaufort L.F. & H.A. Lorentz · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Alan Bell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Green-backed Honeyeater

The green-backed honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is monotypic within the genus Glycichaera. It is found in the Aru Islands, New Guinea and northern Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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Where it lives

Australia Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see it

Best months: January, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in July. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Green-backed Honeyeater look like?: The green-backed honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
How big is a Green-backed Honeyeater?: The Green-backed Honeyeater is a tiny sized bird weighing about 11 g.
Where can you see a Green-backed Honeyeater?: The Green-backed Honeyeater occurs in 3 countries, including Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
What birds look similar to a Green-backed Honeyeater?: The Green-backed Honeyeater is most easily confused with the Black-throated Honeyeater, the Gibberbird and the Timor Friarbird.
Is the Green-backed Honeyeater endangered?: The Green-backed Honeyeater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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