#1430 · 🐦 birds
New Holland Honeyeater
🇳🇱 Witooghoningeter ·Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
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what is it?
The New Holland honeyeater ( Phylidonyris novaehollandiae ) is a honeyeater species found throughout southern Australia. It was among the first birds to be scientifically described in Australia, and was initially named Certhia novaehollandiae .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 21,122 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 22 g.
- Scientifically named by John Latham in 1790 (236 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- New Holland Honeyeater
- Nederlands
- Witooghoningeter
- scientific name
- Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Meliphagidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 21,122
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 22 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1790 by John Latham
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Meliphagidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 12632, Wikidata Q380225, GBIF 2487015, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.