Diet: frugivore based on Pavlacky Jr et al. 2015; omnivore based on Leach et al. 2018

Abundance: 0.54 to 4.01% (median 0.96%)

Latitudinal range: -33.7° to -17.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)

Found in 4 samples

Australia: Atherton Tableland, Paluma Range, Blue Gum Swamp Creek, Longneck Lagoon Nature Reserve (1971)

See also Meliphaga, Meliphaga albonotatus, Meliphaga analoga, Meliphaga chrysops, Meliphaga leucotis, Meliphaga mimikae