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White-fronted Honeyeaters are small nectar-eating birds. Their name relates to their rather inconspicuous white frons (forehead) and eye-rings, with one small red spot behind each eye. The rest of the front, i.e. throat and breast, is black, while the belly is partly white with black streaks, further down white. The crown and back are dark-grey with lighter streaks; the rump is brownish. The flight feathers and the outer tail feathers have bright-yellow edges. This gives the folded wings a bright yellow spot when perched. The irises are dark. The long, slightly down-curved bill is black. The legs and feet are grey. Juveniles have more brownish colours.

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 White-fronted Honeyeater is available HERE .

NB: Reports on ebird of birds submitted by birdwatchers from the Australian Outback tend to be clustered along roads and public areas such as camp grounds; in such cases their distribution is not a good representation of the overall distribution of the species.

White-fronted Honeyeaters are endemic to the Australian continent. They are found in the dry interior, with a range extending from most of WA (except the south-western corner, the Gascoyne and the Kimberley) into most of the southern half of the NT and most of SA into far-western NSW. They only rarely extend their range into the Lake Eyre Basin, the south-western corner of QLD and/or further East into NSW. They are not found anywhere else.

White-fronted Honeyeaters have a preference for arid shrubland, scrubland and woodland. In the interior of the continent they are also found regularly in gardens.

We first spotted a White-fronted Honeyeater at Gundabooka NP, 50 km South of Bourke, NSW, in September 2012.

Under the guidance of NPWS ranger M. Murphy, two White-fronted Honeyeaters were spotted at the Gilgais, Pilliga NP, in August 2013.

M. Mackay reports that White-fronted Honeyeaters are found regularly in gardens in the township of Coober Pedy, SA.

R. Plumtreereports finding a White-fronted Honeyeater between Berri and Renmark, SA, another near Pinnaroo, SA, in September 2018, and a third near Hopetoun, VIC, in October 2019.

M. Eaton reports spotting a White-fronted Honeyeater at Sandy Camp Road Wetlands, Lytton, QLD, in February 2020. This location is nearly 1000 km outside the species' normal range.

M. Eaton also found a White-fronted Honeyeater at the Arid Lands Botanical Garden, Port Augusta, SA, in June 2022.