Strong-billed honeyeaters may nest from September to January, breeding once or twice during this time.
They breed once or twice a year, depending on the species.
A female will breed twice during the summer season and raise between two to six young.
White-naped honeyeaters may nest from July to December, breeding once or twice during this time.
Where an area experiences two wet seasons in a year they will breed twice in that year.
The spiky creatures sometimes breed twice in a year, but autumn babies rarely put on enough weight to survive the winter.
The male grew another within weeks, but not soon enough to breed twice in one cycle.
Females start reproducing at 12 months but, unlike males, probably do not survive to breed twice.
They feed solely on fruit, and breed twice each year, at the beginning and end of the rainy season.
Most species breed only once or twice during the year, although some breed all year round.