Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Cherry-picker, Green Cherry-picker, Green Dick, Linnet, Green Linnet

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
19 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Derivation
Lich-en-o'-stom-us - Gk, leichen, lichen; Gk, stoma, mouth: fläv'-i-coll'-is - L., flavus, yellow; L., collum, neck

Habitat
Mostly wet and dry sclerophyll forests, but also woodlands, subalpine forest, temperate rainforest, wet scrub, coastal heathland, parks, gardens and orchards.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B).

Image of Range of Yellow-throated Honeyeater

Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait (King and Flinders).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
In pairs and small flocks.

Food
Insects and nectar.

Voice
A 'tonk, tonk, tonk', a 'tchook, tchook' or 'chur-uk, chur-uk'. Also 'pick-em-up'.

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Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) [XC724154]
by Eddy Smith from Freycinet National Park (near Freycinet), Glamorgan-Spring Bay Council, Tasmania, Australia (song)

Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) [XC673999]
by Marc Anderson from Lune River, Huon Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia (call)

Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of bark and grasses, lined with fur, hair or other soft materials, placed in a dense bush close to the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
2 or 3; pale buff-pink, delicately spotted and freckled with red-brown and purple-grey, mostly at the the larger end; oval; about 23 x 16 mm. Incubation: about 15 days.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 14 - 16 days.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with White-eared Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis).

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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