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title: "White-eared Honeyeater"
description: "Nesoptilotis leucotis — Uccelli. The white-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis) is a medium-sized honeyeater found in Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-eared-honeyeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-eared Honeyeater

> Nesoptilotis leucotis — Uccelli. The white-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis) is a medium-sized honeyeater found in Australia.

- Scientific name: *Nesoptilotis leucotis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4423
- Wikidata: [Q27075225](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075225)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508981](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508981)

## Names

- en: White-eared Honeyeater
- de: Schwarzkehl-Honigfresser
- es: Mielero orejiblanco
- fr: Méliphage leucotique
- pl: Eukaliptusowiec białouchy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4304)

## Summary

The white-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis) is a medium-sized honeyeater found in Australia. It is a member of the family Meliphagidae (honeyeaters and Australian chats) which has 190 recognised species with about half of them found in Australia. This makes them members of the most diverse family of birds in Australia. White-eared honeyeaters are easily identifiable by their olive-green body, black head and white ear-patch.

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

## Photo

![White-eared Honeyeater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-eared-honeyeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262904513

## Machine access

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