Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

About this species

This species has 284,915 occurrence records from 3 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.26% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Acanthagenys rufogularis combines the genus name Acanthagenys with the species epithet rufogularis. It is the only species of the genus Acanthagenys in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 170 species of the family Meliphagidae. This species ranks 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anthochaera carunculata. Its record count is 3.7 times the family average (76,364). The family Meliphagidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Meliphagidae

• Red Wattlebird
• Noisy miner
• Yellow-faced honeyeater
• New Holland Honeyeater
• White-plumed honeyeater
• Brown Honeyeater
• Eastern Spinebill

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org