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Yellow-throated Honeyeater
Photo · KeresH

BirdUp · Species

Yellow-throated Honeyeater

Nesoptilotis flavicollis(Vieillot, 1817)

Updated 11 June 2026

Origin: Endemic
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
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When
  • Voice
  • Behaviour
  • Gallery

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

Field specs

Length
22–23 cm
Weight
18–40 g

Measurements · avonet · CC BY 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

Call

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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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Yellow-throated Honeyeater live in Australia?

The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is endemic to Australia, recorded across 14 of Australia’s bioregions.

BreedingTasmania and Bass Strait is. (south-east Australia)

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Passage
  • Resident
  • Vagrant

8 regions recorded