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title: "Brown-backed Honeyeater"
description: "Ramsayornis modestus — Uccelli. The brown-backed honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-backed-honeyeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown-backed Honeyeater

> Ramsayornis modestus — Uccelli. The brown-backed honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

- Scientific name: *Ramsayornis modestus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 772
- Wikidata: [Q369671](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369671)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12364](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12364)

## Names

- en: Brown-backed Honeyeater
- de: Sumpfhonigfresser
- fr: Méliphage modeste
- nl: Bruinwitte honingeter
- pt: Melífago-modesto
- pl: Miodalek brązowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (696), ID (37), PG (11)

## Summary

The brown-backed honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-backed_honeyeater

## Photo

![Brown-backed Honeyeater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-backed-honeyeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255839726

## Machine access

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