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Kimberley Honeyeaters are medium-sized nectar-eating birds. Their front is grey-brown, with a streaked breast, while the back is darker olive-grey, with olive edge-lining on the wing feathers. The yellow gape connects with a straight thin yellow line under the eye, which in turn connects to a short, thin yellow fringe around the back of the ear coverts. Otherwise the head is olive-grey. The irises are blue. The down-curved bill is dark-grey, while legs and feet are grey.

The Kimberley Honeyeater has now been given full species status and is no longer considered to be a race of the White-lined Honeyeater (Territornis albilineata).

The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org .

The global distribution of the Kimberley Honeyeater is available HERE .

Kimberley Honeyeaters are endemic to the northern part of the Kimberley Ranges in WA's part of tropical northern Australia. Their range extends only from Secure Bay to about Drysdale River NP in WA.

Kimberley Honeyeaters have a preference for sandstone gorges with creeks/rivers and surrounding areas.

M. Eaton found Kimberley Honeyeaters between Big Mertens Falls and Little Mertens Falls, Mitchell River NP, WA, in June 2026. All sighting, photographic and audio information presented on this page has been kindly contributed by M. Eaton.