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Yellow-throated Honeyeater
Nesoptilotis flavicollis(Vieillot, 1817)
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Nesoptilotis
At a glance
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is a medium-sized bird, about 22–23 cm long, endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 22–23 cm
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Yellow-throated Honeyeater look like?
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is a medium-sized bird, about 22–23 cm long and weighing 18–40 g.
The yellow-throated honeyeater is a species of passerine bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is similar in behaviour and appearance to the white-eared honeyeater and is endemic to Australia's island state of Tasmania. It was formerly considered a pest of orchards.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Yellow-throated Honeyeater?
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
graeme lunt · Alonnah TAS 7150, Australia
Call
Eric Knight · Wellington Park TAS 7054, Australia
Call
Maria Duynisveld · Hobart TAS, Australia
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graeme lunt · South Bruny TAS 7150, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Yellow-throated Honeyeater eat?
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater feeds on fruit, nectar/pollen and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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