New Holland Honeyeater

About this species

This species has 717,776 occurrence records from 4 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 0.66% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Phylidonyris novaehollandiae combines the genus name Phylidonyris with the species epithet novaehollandiae. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Phylidonyris; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Phylidonyris niger and Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 170 species of the family Meliphagidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anthochaera carunculata. Its record count is 9.4 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
• White-plumed honeyeater
• Brown Honeyeater
• Eastern Spinebill
• Lewin's Honeyeater

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org