Learn what every symbol on the card means.Full credits and sources at beakbrain.com/symbols
ForestCup nestSmall · 34 g
ID tip
The Lewin's honeyeater is small to medium in size, around 19–22 cm (7.5–8.7 in) long with a weight of 27–49 g. The average wingspan is 8.4–10.6 cm (3.3 to 4.2 in), and the bill is 2.0–2.7 cm in length. It is dark greenish-grey in colour, with a creamy yellow gape (i.e., the fleshy corners of the mouth). It has large, yellowish, crescent-shaped ear-patches, which distinguish it from other honeyeaters, apart from two similar, but smaller, species in tropical Queensland. In flight, the pale yellow edges of the flight feathers can be seen. The bill is black and the eye is blue-grey.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
When to see the Lewin's Honeyeater
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Lewin's Honeyeater
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Lewin's Honeyeater
Lewin's honeyeater is a bird that inhabits the ranges along the east coast of Australia. It has a semicircular ear-patch, pale yellow in colour.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Easily confused with
Yellow-spotted HoneyeaterMeliphaga notataThe yellow-spotted honeyeater is olive-brown on the top and olive-gray below.
Graceful HoneyeaterMeliphaga gracilisThe graceful honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
Mimic HoneyeaterMeliphaga analogaThe mimic honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
Side by side: Lewin's Honeyeater vs Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Learn the Lewin's Honeyeater in the BeakBrain App
Photo and call practice. Coming soon to iPhone and Android.
Play today's Daily BirdEvery photo and recording on this page is credited to its author under the licence shown. Spotted a problem with this page, or have a better photo? Contribute.