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title: "Macleay's Honeyeater"
description: "Xanthotis macleayanus — Birds. Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/macleay-s-honeyeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Macleay's Honeyeater

> Xanthotis macleayanus — Birds. Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Xanthotis macleayanus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 688
- Wikidata: [Q2224822](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2224822)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12497](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12497)

## Names

- en: Macleay's Honeyeater
- de: Kappenhonigfresser
- fr: Méliphage de Macleay
- nl: Bruinkaphoningeter
- pl: Dżunglarek czarnołbisty

## Countries with the most observations

AU (665)

## Summary

Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. Within Australia it has a limited distribution, occurring only in northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range.  Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and tropical moist lowland forests.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/373858740

## Machine access

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