A little Brown Honeyeater was feeding on flowers at the botanical gardens in Maleny, Queensland. Brown Honeyeaters are rather drab little birds, and I didn’t get a good photo of this one. But it’s worth posting as a first sighting:

These little birds are very similar to Fuscous Honeyeaters. I identified this one with the help of the Australian Birds sub-Reddit. This bird doesn’t have the yellow patch on the neck that Fuscous Honeyeaters have. And this bird’s beak is more curved than the Fuscous beak. The next photo shows the curved beak, albeit on the other side of a twig!

There’s also a hint of yellow at the edge of the eye, as well as that lovely dark eye mask:

Common name: Brown Honeyeater
Scientific name: Lichmera indistincta
Length: 12-16 cm
Date spotted: 6 July 2024 (winter)
Location: Maleny Botanic Gardens, Queensland: 26°46’54.7″S 152°50’04.0″E