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Yellow HoneyeaterSize: 17-18 cm Weight: 17-31 g |
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Photos |
Race "flava"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Frontal/ventral view of a Yellow Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Croydon, QLD, July 2016]
Lateral view of a Yellow Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, QLD, December 2018]
Partly obscured lateral view of a Yellow Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Croydon, QLD, July 2016]
Near-dorsal view of a Yellow Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, December 2009]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Lateral view of a juvenile Yellow Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, May 2020]
Lateral view of a juvenile Yellow Honeyeater - note the
pink gape
(photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, May 2020]
Lateral view of a juvenile Yellow Honeyeater - note the
pink gape
(photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, May 2020]
Juvenile Yellow Honeyeater, back, gobbling up food that has just
been served by one of its parents, front
(photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, May 2020]
Race "addendus"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Close-up frontal view of a Yellow Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]
Close-up frontal view of a Yellow Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]
Near-frontal view of a Yellow Honeyeater basking in the sun
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Rocky Creek, Cairns, QLD, July 2013]
Close-up lateral view of a Yellow Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]
Lateral view of a Yellow Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Rocky Creek, Cairns, QLD, July 2013]
Lateral view of a Yellow Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cairns, QLD, July 2018]
Lateral view of a Yellow Honeyeater just out of the bathtub
(photo courtesy of L. Tonnochy)
[Near Townsville, QLD, September 2012]
Lateral view of a Yellow Honeyeater just out of the bathtub
(photo courtesy of L. Tonnochy)
[Near Townsville, QLD, September 2012]
Near-dorsal view of a Yellow Honeyeater (photo courtesy of L. Tonnochy)
[Near Townsville, QLD, September 2012]
Near-dorsal/ventral view of a Yellow Honeyeater
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kuranda, near Cairns, QLD, July 2018]
Dorsal view of a Yellow Honeyeater (photo courtesy of L. Tonnochy)
[Near Townsville, QLD, September 2012]
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Food, Diet |
Yellow Honeyaters feed primarily on nectar, but they take insects as well.
Yellow Honeyeater foraging for insects behind strips of bark
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Botanical Gardens, Mackay, QLD, July 2021]
Yellow Honeyeater with its prey, a small flying insect
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Botanical Gardens, Mackay, QLD, July 2021]