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  7. Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
Photo · Broinowski, Gracius J.

BirdUp · Species

Yellow-tinted Honeyeater

Ptilotula flavescens(Gould, 1840)

Updated 21 March 2026

Origin: Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Meliphagidae
Genus
Ptilotula

At a glance

The Yellow-tinted Honeyeater is a small bird, about 13–16 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.

Size
13–16 cm
Origin
Native
Best seen
Year-round
Commonness
Very common
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When
  • Behaviour
  • Gallery

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

What does a Yellow-tinted Honeyeater look like?

The Yellow-tinted Honeyeater is a small bird, about 13–16 cm long and weighing 10–17 g.

The yellow-tinted honeyeater is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Field specs

Length
13–16 cm
Weight
9.5–17 g

Measurements · avonet · CC BY 4.0

03 · When

When to look

When can you see a Yellow-tinted Honeyeater?

The Yellow-tinted Honeyeater is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

What does a Yellow-tinted Honeyeater eat?

The Yellow-tinted Honeyeater feeds on nectar/pollen and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or flocks or alone.

06 · Gallery

Plumage up close

6 photos

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Yellow-tinted Honeyeater live in Australia?

The Yellow-tinted Honeyeater is native to Australia, recorded across 28 of Australia’s bioregions.

BreedingSouth coast of south-east New Guinea and north Australia

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Vagrant
  • Resident

7 regions recorded