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Yellow-faced HoneyeaterAlternate name(s): "Chickup", "Quitchup", "Yellow-gaped Honeyeater" Size: 16-18 cm; wing span 21.5-26 cm Weight: 13-20 g |
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Photos |
Race "chrysops"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Frontal portrait of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2019]
Frontal view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Durikai SF, near Warwick, QLD, March 2018]
Close-up frontal/ventral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2019]
Close-up frontal/ventral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
[Munmorah SCA,
NSW, July 2013]
Close-up near-frontal view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
[Eulah Creek, NSW, October 2015]
Near-lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater issuing its
call
[Bullawa Creek SCA,
NSW, October 2012]
Close-up near-lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
[Bullawa Creek SCA,
NSW, October 2012]
Lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Durikai SF, near Warwick, QLD, March 2018]
Close-up lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
[Near Eualh Creek, NSW, December 2018]
Close-up lateral/ventral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
[Timmallallie NP,
NSW, November 2018]
Lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater that is still partly
wet after taking a bath
[Girraween NP,
QLD, January 2017]
Near-dorsal view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, 2006]
Dorsal view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Durikai SF, near Warwick, QLD, March 2018]
Dorsal view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater that is still partly
wet after taking a bath
[Girraween NP,
QLD, January 2017]
Ventral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater, demonstrating
how hard it is to tell one type of honeyeater from another
when one can see only the front
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, December 2008]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater after a first dip in a waterhole
[Pilliga scrub,
NSW, December 2011]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater straight out of the bathtub
[Near Warialda, NSW, August 2015]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater just after take-off
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, May 2008]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Close-up lateral view of a sub-adult Yellow-faced Honeyeater
- note the pale gape
[Old Quipolly Dam, near Quirindi, NSW, May 2022]
Race "barroni"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, December 2018]
Lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, October 2007]
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Breeding information |
Breeding season: Jul - Jan | Eggs: 2 - 3 | Incubation period: 14 - 15 days | Fledging age: 16 - 17 days |
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Nest |
"bungobittah", "lar", "malunna", "jindi" [bundjalung] = nest [Aboriginal] |
Type: Suspended basket | Material: Bark fibre, grass | Height above ground: 1.5 - 6 m |
View from above into a Yellow-faced Honeyeater nest after
it had served its purpose; note how, even after weeks of
use, the nest is still spotless clean
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2018]
Near-lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater chick
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2018]
Near-lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater chick
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2018]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater nest with a naked chick inside
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2018]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater nest built into a fallen, dead eucalypt branch hanging in a
scrawny wilga
tree standing under the
eucalypt
[Bullawa Creek SCA,
NSW, October 2012]
Closer look at a Yellow-faced Honeyeater nest
[Bullawa Creek SCA,
NSW, October 2012]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater feeding one of two chicks
[Bullawa Creek SCA,
NSW, October 2012]
Here one can see that the Yellow-faced Honeyeater chicks were still
very young, covered in down and eyes still closed
[Bullawa Creek SCA,
NSW, October 2012]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater keeping the nest clean
[Bullawa Creek SCA,
NSW, October 2012]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater bringing food for its chicks
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2018]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater nest after the birds were finished for the season
[Bullawa Creek SCA,
NSW, November 2012]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater nest in a low branch of a pine tree
[Near Barraba, NSW, December 2008]
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Eggs |
"boyanga", "booyanga", "derinya", "dirandil", "koomura", "mirk", "ngampu", "nooluk", "pateena", "pum-pum" = Egg; "dirundirri" = eggs [Aboriginal]; "gawu" = eggs [gamilaraay] |
Size: 21 x 14 mm | Colour: Creamy, with reddish to brown speckles | Shape: Tapered oval |
Yellow-faced Honeyeater eggs inside a nest
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2018]
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Behaviour |
Social behaviour: ? | Mobility: Migratory/dispersive | Elementary unit: Solitary/pair/flock |
Yellow-faced Honeyeaters are one of the bird species that dive into shallow water from a perch and then fly back onto their perch to preen and dry their plumage.
Soaking wet Yellow-faced Honeyeater right out of the bathtub
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay, East Gippsland, VIC, April 2014]
This Yellow-faced Honeyeater, which was found low above the ground in
introduced weeds ("Sticky beaks"; "Cobbler's pegs"), is seen calling;
its calls were
recorded on 16 October 2014
[Near Narrabri, NSW, October 2014]
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Food, Diet |
Adults: Nectar, insects | Dependents: Insects | Water intake: Daily |
Like many other honeyeaters, Yellow-faced Honeyeaters do not exclusively feed on nectar, but take insects too.
Two Yellow-faced Honeyeaters in a Grevillea shrub
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[St. Albans, NSW, January 2019]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater feeding on the nectar of a Callistemon (bottlebrush) flower
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, September 2006]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater feeding on the nectar of a Callistemon (bottlebrush) flower
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, September 2006]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater feeding in a box gum eucalypt
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay, East Gippsland, VIC, April 2014]
Near-dorsal view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater feeding on nectar
from Mistletoe
flowers (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mann River Nature Reserve, near Glen Innes, NSW, July 2019]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater feeding in a box gum eucalypt
[Bullawa Creek SCA,
NSW, August 2013]
Lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater at a waterhole
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2019]
Lateral view of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater using its wire brush
tongue to scoop up water
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2019]
Yellow-faced Honeyeater having a drink from a waterhole
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Timmallallie NP,
NSW, November 2018]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
yelface_20170810.m4a |
chrysops (NW NSW) |
Contact call(?) | © MD | |
yelface_20220517.m4a |
chrysops (NW NSW) |
Contact call(?) | © MD | |
yelface_20171022.m4a |
chrysops (NW NSW) |
Contact call(?) | © MD | |
yelface_20171129.m4a |
chrysops (NW NSW) |
Territorial calls (pre-dawn chorus) |
© MD | |
yelface_20141210_3.mp3 |
chrysops (NW NSW) |
Q&A | © MD | |
yelface_20141210_2.mp3 |
chrysops (NW NSW) |
Warning call & contact call | © MD | |
yelface_20220601.m4a |
chrysops (NW NSW) |
Various | © MD | |
yelface_20170810_2.m4a |
chrysops (NW NSW) |
? | © MD | |
yelface_20181001.m4a |
chrysops (N NSW) |
? | © MD |
More Yellow-faced Honeyeater sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.