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Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
Meliphaga notata
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of Australia & Oceania.
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The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata) is a member of the Meliphagidae family found in Australia & Oceania. Adults weigh 26.4 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 Meliphaga
- Species notata
Quick facts
- Weight
- 26.4 g
- Diet
- Omnivores
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
Similar birds
Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Yellow-spotted 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-spotted Honeyeater is partially migratory: some populations move with the seasons while others stay resident year-round.
The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata) belongs to the Meliphagidae family of the order Passeriformes. Its range spans Australia & Oceania. Its distribution covers AU ne Australia.
It is a small bird. Adults weighs around 26.4 g, with a wing length of about 8.4 cm and a tail of around 6.8 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 110,000 km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater?
The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater is a small bird that weighs around 26.4 g.
Where does the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater live?
The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater is found across Australia & Oceania with a range covering AU ne Australia, where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater belong to?
The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata) belongs to the Meliphagidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater eat?
The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater is a omnivore — it takes a broad, omnivorous diet of both plant and animal foods.
Does the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater migrate?
The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater is partially migratory: some populations move with the seasons while others stay resident year-round.
Is the Yellow-spotted 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-spotted Honeyeater make?
1 real field recording of the Yellow-spotted 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-spotted Honeyeater's range?
The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater has a mapped global range of about 110,000 km².
Conservation
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