Avibase: Melithreptus laetior (Golden-backed Honeyeater)

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Golden-backed Honeyeater

Melithreptus laetior Gould, J 1875

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Black-chinned Honeyeater - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Louis Masarei	2024-05-15	Marble Bar, Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia, East Pilbara (Australia) (180 m)	call, song - [sono]	924516 xeno-canto.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Adrian Boyle	2025-08-04	, Broome (Australia)	-	639853090 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Dan Ashdown	2023-02-24	, Katherine (Australia)	-	538883321 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Louis Masarei \| Birding Southwest	2024-05-15	, East Pilbara (Australia)	-	619066413 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Nigel Jackett	2026-02-07	, Broome (Australia)	-	650474779 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Nigel Jackett	2024-12-24	, Broome (Australia)	-	627947667 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Morgan Pickering	2026-06-04	, Katherine (Australia)	-	659469587 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Simon Colenutt	2023-09-22	, Wyndham-East Kimberley (Australia)	-	610520422 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Adrian Boyle	2025-04-20	, Broome (Australia)	-	634155572 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Bryan Baker	2024-11-23	, Northeast Top End (Australia)	-	626587279 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Charlie Andrews	2021-07-24	Parry Creek Farm Tourist Park, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Wyndham-East Kimberley (Australia)	-	434960481 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Nick Athanas	2024-10-13	, Victoria-Daly (Australia)	-	625069763 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed) - Melithreptus gularis laetior	Nick Hart	2025-07-12	, East Pilbara (Australia)	-	642005567 macaulaylibrary.org

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