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Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) Alternate name(s): "Green Cherry-picker", "Green Dick", "Green Linnet" Size: 18-21 cm Weight: 30 g (average)

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Physical description Click here for a physical description 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.

Taxonomy, classification See Yellow-throated Honeyeater at Wikipedia . Click here for classification information 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).

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range 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.

Sightings Click here for sighting information 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.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal/ventral view of a Yellow-throated Honeyeater; note the name-giving yellow throat (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Queen Elizabeth track, Bruny Island, TAS, April 2021]

Near-frontal/ventral view of a Yellow-throated Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Queen Elizabeth track, Bruny Island, TAS, April 2021]

Near-lateral view of a Yellow-throated Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, September 2021]

Lateral view of a Yellow-throated Honeyeater looking at the observer (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, September 2021]

Lateral view of a Yellow-throated Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Peter Murrell Reserve, near Kingston, TAS, March 2016]

Lateral view of a Yellow-throated Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Peter Murrell Reserve, near Kingston, TAS, March 2016]

Lateral view of a Yellow-throated Honeyeater (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Peter Murrell Reserve, near Kingston, TAS, March 2016]

Near-dorsal/ventral view of a Yellow-throated Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Queen Elizabeth track, Bruny Island, TAS, April 2021]

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.

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(E TAS)

? (+ Striated Fieldwren)

© ME

More Yellow-throated Honeyeater sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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