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Brown-backed Honeyeater

Ramsayornis modestus (Gray, GR 1858)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Marc Anderson 2018-08-30 Mango Lagoon, Oyala-Thumotang NP, Queensland, Cook (Australia) (80 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

 438968
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Peter Boesman 2025-11-01 Tyto wetlands, Ingham, Queensland, Hinchinbrook (Australia) (? m) call - [also] [sono] 1066915
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Ken Behrens 2019-08-27 Waam, Wasur NP, Indonesia (Indonesia) (11 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 582474
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Marc Anderson 2013-11-08 Forest Creek, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (20 m) song - [also] [sono] 348721
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Bas van Balen 1997-02-12 Amamapare, Freeport, Papua, Papua Province (Indonesia) (10 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 122088
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Marc Anderson 2020-01-21 Russell River NP, Queensland, Cairns - Pt B (Australia) (10 m) call -

bird-seen:no

 528803
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Andrew Barski 2025-02-10 , Townsville (Australia)   -   634750902
macaulaylibrary.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Marc Anderson 2020-01-21 Russell River NP, Queensland, Cairns - Pt B (Australia) (10 m) song -

bird-seen:no

 528806
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Andrew Spencer 2015-12-31 Abbatoir Swamp, Julatten, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (400 m) call -

calls from a bird (part of a large group of this species) that was feeding in a flowering tree at the edge of a large swamp. Several of the fairly loud calls in this cut are also from Banded Honeyeater, but the harsh ones at least are generally from this species. Different individual than in XC328836.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 328838
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Marc Anderson 2020-01-21 Russell River NP, Queensland, Cairns - Pt B (Australia) (10 m) song -

bird-seen:no

 528804
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Marc Anderson 2018-08-30 Mango Lagoon, Oyala-Thumotang NP, Queensland, Cook (Australia) (80 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

 438969
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Marc Anderson 2018-08-31 Mango Lagoon, Oyala-Thumotang NP, Queensland, Cook (Australia) (80 m) song -

bird-seen:no

 439100
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Andrew Spencer 2015-12-31 Abbatoir Swamp, Julatten, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (400 m) call -

calls from a bird (part of a large group of this species) that was feeding in a flowering tree at the edge of a large swamp.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 328836
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Étienne Leroy 2025-11-03 Coen River, Oyala Thumotang National Park, Queensland, Cook (Australia) (80 m) call - [sono] 1074076
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Ross Gallardy 2017-09-10 Sorong Manoi (near Sorong), Kota Sorong, Papua Barat, West Papua Province (Indonesia) (0 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

 409634
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Peter Boesman 2025-11-06 Abattoir Swamp, Julatten, Queensland, Mareeba (Australia) (? m) call - [also] [sono] 1066919
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Marc Anderson 2020-01-21 Russell River NP, Queensland, Cairns - Pt B (Australia) (10 m) call, song -

bird-seen:no

 528801
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Fernand Deroussen 2011-11-03 Alva, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (10 m) song -

zone to mangrove

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 158655
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Marc Anderson 2018-08-30 Mango Lagoon, Oyala-Thumotang NP, Queensland, Cook (Australia) (80 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

 438970
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Peter Boesman 2025-11-05 Abattoir Swamp, Julatten, Queensland, Mareeba (Australia) (? m) call - [sono] 1066917
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Andrew Spencer 2015-12-31 Abattoir Swamp (Julatten), Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, Tablelands (Australia)   - calls from a bird (part of a large group of this species) that was feeding in a flowering tree at the edge of a large swamp. Different individual than in ML31671441. 31671431
macaulaylibrary.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Owen Lawton 2024-03-03 , Cassowary Coast (Australia)   -   615567102
macaulaylibrary.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Peter Boesman 2025-11-01 Tyto wetlands, Ingham, Queensland, Hinchinbrook (Australia) (? m) call -

Calls at the nest hanging over the water

 1066916
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Honeyeater - Ramsayornis modestus Ken Behrens 2019-08-03 Sorong Timur, Kota Sorong, Papua Barat, West Papua Province (Indonesia) (2 m) call -

EDITING: light filtering to remove background noise. Courtesy of Andrew Spencer. HABITAT: mangroves

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 501650
xeno-canto.org
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