Melilestes megarhynchus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The long-billed honeyeater (Melilestes megarhynchus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is monotypic within the genus Melilestes. It is found in New Guinea and offshore islands, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Long-billed honeyeaters do not migrate. The average generation length of it is 5.8 years. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-billed Honeyeater sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 77 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 107th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March and May–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-billed Honeyeater in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in April and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Long-billed 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 Long-billed Honeyeater sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Meliphagidae
The closest relatives of the Long-billed Honeyeater that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Meliphagidae, Honeyeaters) are Helmeted Friarbird (about 70%), Mimic Honeyeater (about 40%) and Puff-backed Honeyeater (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Long-billed Honeyeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (77 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.
