Plectorhyncha lanceolata
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The striped honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, found in Australia. It is a medium-sized honeyeater, about 23 cm (9.1 in) in length. Both sexes are a light greyish brown with dark brown centres to the feathers, which give the appearance of stripes. The stripes are particularly distinct on the head and back of the neck. While it is found mainly in inland eastern Australia where it inhabits the drier open forest, it is also found in coastal swamp forest from southeast Queensland to the central coast of New South Wales.
Although a honeyeater, the striped honeyeater relies on insects as its major food source, and its bill has been adapted to an insect diet. When not breeding it has been recorded feeding and travelling in small groups, but it nests singly, laying around three eggs in a deep cup-shaped nest suspended from the end of drooping branches. It is widely distributed and common within its range, thus the population is listed as being of least concern for conservation by the IUCN.
The striped honeyeater was first described by English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Pilliga National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Adelaide Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Honeyeater sighting in Pilliga National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 58 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Honeyeater in Pilliga National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June and July, the lowest months. January, March–May and October have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striped Honeyeater sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Striped Honeyeater sightings, Pilliga National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (Australia, about 40%).
Same family: Meliphagidae
The closest relatives of the Striped Honeyeater that you can see in Pilliga National Park (family Meliphagidae, Honeyeaters) are Yellow-faced Honeyeater (about 40%), White-plumed Honeyeater (about 40%) and Noisy Friarbird (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Striped Honeyeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Pilliga National Park (19 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.
