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The Brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) is a bird found in Australia. Woods and gardens across Australia and Indonesia. It eats nectar and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Brown honeyeater lives

Woods and gardens across Australia and Indonesia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌸 Nectar70%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Sreekar (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC716463. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Brown honeyeater

Where does the Brown honeyeater live?

The Brown honeyeater lives in Australia. Woods and gardens across Australia and Indonesia.

What does the Brown honeyeater eat?

nectar (about 70%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Brown honeyeater endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Buff-breasted buttonquail
• New Zealand rock wren
• Baudin's black cockatoo
• Carnaby's black cockatoo
• Amsterdam albatross
• Antipodean albatross

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.