BirdUp · Species
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
Ptilotula flavescens(Gould, 1840)
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- 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
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
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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