Aust birds    Bird names   News   1-26    Habitats    Key plants    Glossary    Plumage    Nests    Tips    Thumbnails    Gen. info    Sponsors    Photos for sale   
NON-PASSERINES     1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10     11     12     13     14 15     16     17     18     19     20     21     22     23     24     25     26     PASSERINES
Common names sorted alphabetically: A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   W   Y  

18

Yellow Honeyeater

(Stomiopera flava)
Size: 17-18 cm
Weight: 17-31 g

Similar
species

Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

Click here for a physical description

Taxonomy, classification

See Yellow Honeyeater at Wikipedia .

Click here for classification information

Range, habitat, finding this species

Click here for information on habitat and range

Sightings

Click here for sighting information

Photos

Race "flava"

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]

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"

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]

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]

These pages are largely based on our own observations and those of our contributors. The structure of these bird pages is explained HERE. For more salient facts on any bird species please refer to a field guide.

Would you like to contribute photos or sound recordings to this site?
If interested, please CLICK HERE. Credits to contributors are given HERE.