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Yellow-throated Honeyeaters are medium-sized nectar-eating birds. They have a dark-grey head, except for a prominent yellow throat patch and small yellow triangles behind the ear coverts. The chest and belly are grey; the back is olive-green. The flight feathers are greyish-brown with olive-green leading edges. The tail is olive-green ontop and grey below. The irises are dark-brown. The slightly down-curved bill is dark-grey; the legs and feet are grey.

The classification of Australian honeyeater species, mainly in the genus "Lichenostomus", has undergone a major revision, with many species now moved into several newly defined genera (Gavicalis, Stomiopera, Ptilotula, Nesoptilotis).

The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org .

The global distribution of the Yellow-throated Honeyeater is available HERE .

Yellow-throated Honeyeaters are endemic to southern Australia. They populate all of Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. They are not found anywhere on the Australian mainland.

Yellow-throated Honeyeaters have a preference for temperate (mostly sclerophyll) forest and woodland, but they can also be found in coastal scrub and heath. They are also found in man-made habitats, such as e.g. golf courses, orchards, urban parks and gardens.

R. Plumtree reports spotting a Yellow-throated Honeyeater at St. Helens, TAS, in January 2007.

B. Hensen reports spotting Yellow-throated Honeyeaters at the Peter Murrell Reserve near Kingston, TAS, in March 2016.

M. Eaton found Yellow-throated Honeyeaters at Mt. Nelson, Hobart, TAS, and along the Queen Elizabeth track, Bruny Island, TAS, in April 2021. Another was found at Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021.