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Yellow-throated Honeyeater
Nesoptilotis flavicollis
Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of Australia & Oceania.
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The Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) is a member of the Meliphagidae family found in Australia & Oceania. Adults weigh 28.7 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Meliphagidae Honeyeaters
- Genus Nesoptilotis
- Species flavicollis
Quick facts
- Weight
- 28.7 g
- Diet
- Omnivores
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is a omnivore — it takes a broad, omnivorous diet of both plant and animal foods.
Behaviour
A bird of dense forest, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family, part of the order Passeriformes. It is found across Australia & Oceania. Its distribution covers AU Tasmania and Bass Strait is. (se Australia).
It is a small bird. Adults weighs around 28.7 g, with a wing length of about 10 cm and a tail of around 9.4 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 66,000 km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Yellow-throated Honeyeater?
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is a small bird that weighs around 28.7 g.
Where does the Yellow-throated Honeyeater live?
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is found across Australia & Oceania with a range covering AU Tasmania and Bass Strait is. (se Australia), where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Yellow-throated Honeyeater belong to?
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) belongs to the Meliphagidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Yellow-throated Honeyeater eat?
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is a omnivore — it takes a broad, omnivorous diet of both plant and animal foods.
Does the Yellow-throated Honeyeater migrate?
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Yellow-throated Honeyeater endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Yellow-throated Honeyeater make?
1 real field recording of the Yellow-throated Honeyeater — including its song — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Yellow-throated Honeyeater's range?
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater has a mapped global range of about 66,000 km².
Conservation
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