Brown-backed honeyeater

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| name = Brown-backed honeyeater

| image = Brown-backed Honeyeater 0A2A7234.jpg

| image_caption = West Papua, Indonesia

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Ramsayornis modestus |volume=2017 |page=e.T22704394A118658902 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22704394A118658902.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Ramsayornis

| species = modestus

| authority = (Gray, 1858)

| synonyms =

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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.