White-Naped Honeyeater

White-Naped Honeyeater

Melithreptus lunatus

Also known as: Eastern White-Naped Honeyeater

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About This Species

A small honeyeater of eucalypt woodland and forest in southeastern Australia, feeding actively on nectar, insects and manna high in the canopy, often in mixed flocks with other honeyeaters. Look and listen for a sharp, chattering call and quick, restless movement through flowering eucalypts, with activity peaking during and just after eucalypt blossom. Open woodland with mature flowering trees offers the best chance of a sighting.

Ethical Viewing Guidelines

  • Canopy-feeding birds are best watched from below with binoculars rather than approached directly, since flowering trees can be disturbed by too much foot traffic underneath.
  • Follow standard bushwalking etiquette in woodland reserves, keeping to paths and avoiding prolonged disturbance near active nests.
LCAvesPasseriformesMeliphagidae

Seasonal Activity

165,933 sightings · 2000–2026

Citizen science records via GBIF

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Meliphagidae

Photo

(c) David Tytherleigh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Tytherleigh

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Occurrence data from GBIF.