White-eared honeyeater

About this species

This species has 260,366 occurrence records from 6 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 0.24% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Nesoptilotis leucotis combines the genus name Nesoptilotis with the species epithet leucotis. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Nesoptilotis: Nesoptilotis flavicollis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 170 species of the family Meliphagidae. This species ranks 15th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anthochaera carunculata. Its record count is 3.4 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

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org