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title: "Lewin's Honeyeater"
description: "Meliphaga lewinii — Birds. Lewin's honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) is a bird that inhabits the ranges along the east coast of Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lewin-s-honeyeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lewin's Honeyeater

> Meliphaga lewinii — Birds. Lewin's honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) is a bird that inhabits the ranges along the east coast of Australia.

- Scientific name: *Meliphaga lewinii*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 10148
- Wikidata: [Q657063](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657063)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12305](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12305)

## Names

- en: Lewin's Honeyeater
- de: Goldohrhonigfresser
- es: Mielero de Lewin
- fr: Méliphage de Lewin
- nl: Geeloorhoningeter
- pl: Miodojad ciemny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (9832)

## Summary

Lewin's honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) is a bird that inhabits the ranges along the east coast of Australia. It has a semicircular ear-patch, pale yellow in colour.
Another name is Yellow-eared Honeyeater.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewin%27s_honeyeater

## Photo

![Lewin's Honeyeater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lewin-s-honeyeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223041483

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lewin-s-honeyeater?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).