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Macleay's Honeyeater

Xanthotis macleayanus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 31 g
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 1
Photo: Stuart · CC0
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 2
Photo: Stuart · CC0
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 3
Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 4
Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 5
Photo: Jane C Frost · CC BY 4.0
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 6
Photo: Jane C Frost · CC BY 4.0
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 7
Photo: Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA · CC BY 2.0
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 8
Photo: Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA · CC BY 2.0
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 9
Photo: John Manger, CSIRO · CC BY 3.0
Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus), photo 10
Photo: Stuart · CC0

When to see the Macleay'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 Macleay's Honeyeater

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia

About the Macleay's Honeyeater

Macleay's honeyeater is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. Within Australia it has a limited distribution, occurring only in northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and tropical moist lowland forests.

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Easily confused with

Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (Xanthotis flaviventer) Tawny-breasted HoneyeaterXanthotis flaviventerThe tawny-breasted honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Spotted Honeyeater (Xanthotis polygrammus) Spotted HoneyeaterXanthotis polygrammusThis bird is a medium-small honeyeater that measures around 15 to 17 cm.

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