sentences:  It has a loud, clear, musical song, described as the best of all the honeyeaters.While the brown honeyeater is declining in some areas, such as the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, overall its population levels and distribution are sufficient to have it described by the IUCN as being of least concern for conservation.The brown honeyeater was originally described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827 as "Meliphaga indistincta".