Latitudinal range: -35.6° to -6.7°

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

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