---
title: "Tawny-crowned Honeyeater"
description: "Gliciphila melanops — Aves. The tawny-crowned honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops) is a passerine bird native to southern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/tawny-crowned-honeyeater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

> Gliciphila melanops — Aves. The tawny-crowned honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops) is a passerine bird native to southern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Gliciphila melanops*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 739
- Wikidata: [Q775477](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775477)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144710](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144710)

## Names

- en: Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
- de: Goldscheitel-Honigfresser
- es: Mielero coronado
- fr: Méliphage à calotte fauve
- nl: Gliciphila
- pl: Płowogłowik

## Countries with the most observations

AU (715)

## Summary

The tawny-crowned honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops) is a passerine bird native to southern Australia.

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

## Photo

![Tawny-crowned Honeyeater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tawny-crowned-honeyeater/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/347089587

## Machine access

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