Meliphaga lewinii
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Lewin's honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) is a bird that inhabits the ranges along the east coast of Australia. It has a semicircular ear-patch, pale yellow in colour. Another name is Yellow-eared Honeyeater. The Lewin's honeyeater is small to medium in size, around 19–22 cm (7.5–8.7 in) long with a weight of 27–49 g. The average wingspan is 8.4–10.6 cm (3.3 to 4.2 in), and the bill is 2.0–2.7 cm in length. It is dark greenish-grey in colour, with a creamy yellow gape (i.e., the fleshy corners of the mouth). It has large, yellowish, crescent-shaped ear-patches, which distinguish it from other honeyeaters, apart from two similar, but smaller, species in tropical Queensland. In flight, the pale yellow edges of the flight feathers can be seen. The bill is black and the eye is blue-grey. Both sexes are similar in appearance. Young Lewin's honeyeaters are similar to the adults, but have brown eyes. The strong 'machine gun-like' rattling notes of Lewin's honeyeater are heard over long distances, and reveal its presence in an area.
Body size, voice, and the shape and size of the ear-patch help in identifying the similar Graceful and Yellow-spotted Honeyeaters in tropical Queensland... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Lewin's Honeyeater sighting in Royal National Park on a given day, based on 1,488 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 178 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.
October and November
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Lewin's Honeyeater in Royal National Park on a given day, against about 50% in February and July–August, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lewin's Honeyeater sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Lewin's Honeyeater sightings, Royal National Park ranks 3rd at about 60%. The best odds are in Lamington National Park (Australia, about 90%) and Springbrook National Park (Australia, about 80%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Meliphagidae
The closest relatives of the Lewin's Honeyeater that you can see in Royal National Park (family Meliphagidae, Honeyeaters) are Little Wattlebird (about 60%), Noisy Miner (about 60%) and Eastern Spinebill (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lewin's Honeyeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal National Park (1,488 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.
