---
title: "Parkhoningeter"
description: "Lichmera indistincta — Vogels. The brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/brown-honeyeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Parkhoningeter

> Lichmera indistincta — Vogels. The brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

- Scientific name: *Lichmera indistincta*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 10667
- Wikidata: [Q790624](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q790624)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12526](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12526)

## Names

- en: Brown Honeyeater
- de: Brauner Honigfresser
- es: Mielero pardo
- fr: Méliphage brunâtre
- nl: Parkhoningeter
- pl: Miodojadek brązowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (9868), ID (186), TL (58)

## Summary

The brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It belongs to the honeyeaters, a group of birds which have highly developed brush-tipped tongues adapted for nectar feeding. Honeyeaters are found mainly in Australia, New Guinea, and parts of Indonesia, but the brown honeyeater is unique in that it also occurs on the island of Bali, making it the only honeyeater to be found west of the Wallace Line, the biogeographical boundary between the Australian-Papuan and Oriental zoogeographical regions.  
It is a medium-small brownish bird, with yellow-olive panels in the tail and…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Mike Youdale · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133044091

## Machine access

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