
White-Throated Honeyeater
Melithreptus albogularis
About This Species
Found in open woodland, forest edges and mangroves across northern and eastern Australia, favouring eucalypts and paperbarks in flower. Small, noisy groups move quickly through the canopy gleaning insects and probing blossoms for nectar, often giving a sharp, chattering call that gives away their position before you see them. Most active in the early morning, when flowering gums draw in mixed feeding flocks.
Ethical Viewing Guidelines
- A common and confiding bird that will often forage close to a still observer, so no special distance is required beyond normal courtesy and staying on formed tracks.
- Avoid disturbing nesting pairs in spring and early summer, when adults are feeding young in a hanging cup nest.
- Standard local wildlife protection rules apply on the reserves and parks where it is found.
LCAvesPasseriformesMeliphagidae
Seasonal Activity
150,298 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) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tan Kok Hui
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Occurrence data from GBIF.