Meliphaga aruensis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The puff-backed honeyeater (Meliphaga aruensis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is widely spread throughout New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Puff-backed Honeyeater sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 172 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Puff-backed Honeyeater in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Raja Ampat's wettest months, with about 360 mm of rain against 180 mm in October.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Puff-backed 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 Puff-backed Honeyeater sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Meliphagidae
The closest relatives of the Puff-backed Honeyeater that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Meliphagidae, Honeyeaters) are Helmeted Friarbird (about 70%), Mimic Honeyeater (about 40%) and Varied Honeyeater (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Puff-backed Honeyeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (172 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.
