Brown-backed Honeyeater

Ramsayornis modestus

Least Concern

The Brown-backed Honeyeater is a nectar-feeding honeyeater that also eats fruit and insects and helps pollinate native plants in northern Australia. It uses its brush-tipped tongue to exploit flowers and often follows seasonal blooms; local movements can make it conspicuous when trees are in flower. Fun fact: honeyeaters are important pollinators across Australasia and the Pacific.

Family

Meliphagidae

Group

Honeyeaters

Range

Brown-backed Honeyeater Range — Resident range in northern Australia

Population

≈ Unknown

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