White-plumed honeyeater

About this species

This species has 707,860 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 0.65% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Ptilotula penicillata combines the genus name Ptilotula with the species epithet penicillata. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Ptilotula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ptilotula fusca, Ptilotula ornata and Ptilotula flavescens.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 170 species of the family Meliphagidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anthochaera carunculata. Its record count is 9.3 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
• Brown Honeyeater
• Eastern Spinebill
• Lewin's Honeyeater
• Little wattlebird
• Noisy Friarbird
• Singing honeyeater
• Blue-faced Honeyeater

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org