Certhionyx variegatus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The pied honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus) is a species of bird in the family of honeyeaters Meliphagidae and the sole species in the genus Certhionyx (Christidis & Boles 2008). This species is also known as the black and white honeyeater or western pied honeyeater.
It is endemic to Australia and is listed as a vulnerable species under Schedule 2 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW). In 1999, taxonomists had placed pied honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), banded honeyeater (Cissomela pectoralis) and black honeyeater (Sugomel nigrum) in the genus Certhionyx; however, revised DNA analysis indicates that these species are not closely related. Christidis and Boles placed the pied honeyeater in the clade Acanthagenys in its own monotypic genus. Genetic analysis indicates the pied honeyeater is the earliest offshoot of a lineage that gave rise to the tui and New Zealand bellbird of New Zealand, and plain honeyeater and marbled honeyeater of New Guinea.
The pied honeyeater has a long curved bill and a small pale-blue patch of bare skin below the eye which is semicircular in males and arc-shaped in females and juveniles. Males are black and... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Honeyeater sighting in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 84 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, August and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Honeyeater in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April–June and November, the lowest months.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pied Honeyeater sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, in our data
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pied Honeyeater sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Meliphagidae
The closest relatives of the Pied Honeyeater that you can see in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (family Meliphagidae, Honeyeaters) are White-plumed Honeyeater (about 90%), Singing Honeyeater (about 70%) and Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pied Honeyeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (32 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.
