Brown-backed honeyeater
| Brown-backed honeyeater | |
|---|---|
| West Papua, Indonesia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Ramsayornis |
| Species: | R. modestus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ramsayornis modestus (Gray, 1858) | |
The brown-backed honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.