Abundance: 0.54 to 8.66% (median 4.01%)

Latitudinal range: -35.6° to -6.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4)

Found in 7 samples

Australia: Atherton Tableland, New Chum's Road, Paluma Range, Blue Gum Swamp Creek, Longneck Lagoon Nature Reserve (1971)

Papua New Guinea: Crater Mountain Biological Research Station, Wau

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