Melithreptus albogularis
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The white-throated honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis) is a bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to New Guinea and eastern and northern Australia. It is 11.5 to 14.5 cm (4.5 to 5.7 in) long, olive-green above and white below, with a black head, a white or pale blue patch over the eye, and a white stripe across the nape.
John Gould described the white-throated honeyeater in 1848. Its species name comes from the Latin words albus 'white', and gula 'throat'." English naturalist Charles Walter De Vis described Melithreptus vinitinctus from a specimen collected by K. Broadbent in the Kimberley in 1884. This was later synonymized with M. albogularis.
Traditionally, two subspecies have been recognised: subspecies albogularis from northwestern Australia, the Northern Territory and Cape York, and subspecies inopinatus from central and southeastern Queensland. However, genetic work published in 2010 surprisingly found that the Carpentarian Barrier (south of the Gulf of Carpentaria) fostered a split between lineages east and west of it in the Pliocene, between 2.4 and 5.2 million years ago, and that a more recent split took place between 1 and 2.8 million years ago... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moody Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Honeyeater sighting in Nitmiluk National Park on a given day, based on 264 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 103 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Honeyeater in Nitmiluk National Park on a given day, against about 50% in February, April, August and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Nitmiluk National Park's wettest months, with about 270 mm of rain against almost none in August.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-throated Honeyeater sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate White-throated Honeyeater sightings, Nitmiluk National Park has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Litchfield National Park (Australia, about 50%) and Kakadu National Park (Australia, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Meliphagidae
The closest relatives of the White-throated Honeyeater that you can see in Nitmiluk National Park (family Meliphagidae, Honeyeaters) are Brown Honeyeater (about 60%), White-gaped Honeyeater (about 60%) and Silver-crowned Friarbird (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-throated Honeyeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Nitmiluk National Park (264 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
