How do you identify a Long-bearded Honeyeater?

The long-bearded honeyeater is 27 cm long. Full identification notes are on this page.

Where can you see a Long-bearded Honeyeater?

The Long-bearded Honeyeater is endemic to Papua New Guinea, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Long-bearded Honeyeater?

The Long-bearded Honeyeater is most easily confused with the Short-bearded Honeyeater and the Sooty Honeyeater.

Is the Long-bearded Honeyeater endangered?

The Long-bearded Honeyeater is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Long-bearded Honeyeater

Melionyx princeps

Honeyeaters · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Long-bearded Honeyeater (Melionyx princeps) is a legendary honeyeater found only in Papua New Guinea. The long-bearded honeyeater, is a bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

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Long-bearded Honeyeater (Melionyx princeps), photo 1 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-bearded Honeyeater (Melionyx princeps), photo 2 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-bearded Honeyeater (Melionyx princeps), photo 3 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-bearded Honeyeater (Melionyx princeps), photo 4 — Photo: Marki, Petter · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-bearded Honeyeater (Melionyx princeps), photo 5 — Photo: Marki, Petter · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Long-bearded Honeyeater

The long-bearded honeyeater, is a bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

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How to identify it

The long-bearded honeyeater is 27 cm long. It has a long, slender black bill and orange skin behind its eye. Its plumage is soot-black. It is distinguished from the similar sooty honeyeaters by its wispy white beard, which reaches the bend of its wing.

Where it lives

Papua New Guinea

When to see it

Best months: May, August, October, with peak activity in October. It is a passage migrant species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Long-bearded Honeyeater?: The long-bearded honeyeater is 27 cm long. Full identification notes are on this page.
Where can you see a Long-bearded Honeyeater?: The Long-bearded Honeyeater is endemic to Papua New Guinea, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Long-bearded Honeyeater?: The Long-bearded Honeyeater is most easily confused with the Short-bearded Honeyeater and the Sooty Honeyeater.
Is the Long-bearded Honeyeater endangered?: The Long-bearded Honeyeater is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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