Microptilotis orientalis
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In 3 days <5%
The mountain honeyeater (Meliphaga orientalis), hill-forest honeyeater or mountain meliphaga, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae that is found throughout New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
ITIS report: Meliphaga orientalis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hill-forest Honeyeater sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 186th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hill-forest Honeyeater in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in February to December, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hill-forest Honeyeater sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hill-forest Honeyeater sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hill-forest Honeyeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (6 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.
