Black Honeyeaters

["Kim Farley via Canberrabirds " <>]

Hi Denise

That's very interesting. They are certainly not unknown in the ACT and are described in Bird Info on the Canberra Birds website as a non-breeding vagrant. My guess is that they turn up in the ACT mainly when it is dry further inland, though others may like to give their views on that.

A quick look at eBird shows the last confirmed record was at Jerra Wetlands in 2017 (Milburn and Smith) with reports from a smattering of other locations in the north and west of the ACT every few years before that: Jaramalee, West Belconnen Pond, Higgins, MacGregor.

Kim

On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM Denise Kay via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

I have just been talking to Sandra from Hall Street Hall she had a pair of Back honeyeaters in her yard at the peak of the heat last Wednesday. Came in with the Spinebills while she was watering.

FYI

Denise
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