---
title: "Succiamiele fosco"
description: "Ptilotula fusca — Uccelli. The fuscous honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/fuscous-honeyeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Succiamiele fosco

> Ptilotula fusca — Uccelli. The fuscous honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

- Scientific name: *Ptilotula fusca*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1155
- Wikidata: [Q27075255](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075255)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508978](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508978)

## Names

- en: Fuscous Honeyeater
- es: Mielero Fusco
- fr: Méliphage grisâtre
- it: Succiamiele fosco
- nl: Brilhoningeter
- pt: Lichenostomus fuscus
- pl: Złotouch brązowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1111)

## Summary

The fuscous honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to eastern Australia, where it inhabits subtropical and tropical dry forests.
The fuscous honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus, but was moved to Ptilotula after a molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.

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

## Photo

![Succiamiele fosco](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fuscous-honeyeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191420581

## Machine access

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