Striped Honeyeaters are mostly sedentary and occur in family groups that occupy the same territories for years on end. They occur mainly throughout the inland woodlands of eastern Australia but also in suitable habitats (such as riverside Casuarina) nearer the east coast between Newcastle north to about Rockhampton.

Largely insectivorous, they also eat small fruits and berries and nectar when available. Their presence is always made obvious by their early morning territorial songs, a loud bubbling duet, usually sung by the adult pair but sometimes by several birds in unison. The fairly large cup-shaped nest is suspended at the end of an outside branch of a large tree and these days often includes a lot of wool.(see pic #585204)