| Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus |
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Queensland, Australia November / December 2010 The Brown-backed Honeyeater is distributed in Papua New Guinea and north-eastern Queensland, Australia from Cape York south to Bowen. It is found mainly in paperbark woodland and woodland alongside water bodies. |
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It is a small, dumpy honeyeater with mainly brown upperparts and mainly white underparts. It has a thin white
line running from the bill under the eye with a dark moustachial streak below. The breast has some darker scallops and the bill and legs are
pinkish.
It feeds mainly on nectar and insects. |
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