Grey-eared Honeyeater

Lichmera incana (Latham, 1790)

13–17 cmLength13 gWeight

Busiest months: November · Most records: New Caledonia, Vanuatu

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November · Most records: New Caledonia, Vanuatu

Grey-eared Honeyeater has been recorded at 19 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Parc de la Rivière BleueNew Caledonia226 records
Mont KoghiNew Caledonia120 records
NoumeaNew Caledonia98 records

More places

Parc des Grandes FougèresNew Caledonia92 records
Port Vila waterfrontVanuatu71 records
Noumea – Parc ForestierNew Caledonia49 records
Noumea – Anse Vata vicinityNew Caledonia44 records
Refugio de FarinoNew Caledonia31 records
Route du Kaori Géant, Province Sud, NC (-22,109, 166,691)New Caledonia30 records
Iririki Island, VanuatuVanuatu28 records

Countries and regions with the most records

New Caledonia Vanuatu

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The grey-eared honeyeater (Lichmera incana), also known as the dark-brown honeyeater, is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family which is found in Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the south-west Pacific. It is sometimes known as the silver-eared honeyeater, but this name is also used for the silver-eared honeyeater (Lichmera alboauricularis) of New Guinea.

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Questions

How big is the Grey-eared Honeyeater?

The Grey-eared Honeyeater is about 13–17 cm long and weighs around 13 g.

Where does the Grey-eared Honeyeater live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: central, southern Vanuatu and New Caledonia including Loyalty Islands. It is most often recorded in New Caledonia and Vanuatu.