Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Honeyeaters :: Brown-backed Honeyeater

Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus

Described by: Gray, G. R. (1858)
Alternate common name(s): Modest Honeyeater
Old scientific name(s): Gliciphila modestus

Photographs

Cooktown, Queensland, Australia - 1972 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

Aru Is., w. Papuan Is. (Waigeo, Batanta and Salawatei), New Guinea from the Vogelkop to Milne Bay, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago and adjacent is. and ne. Australia in Queensland, n and e. Cape York Peninsula s. to Archer River, Atherton Tablelands and Rockhampton (Cairns Botanical Gardens and Townsville Common Environmental Park).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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