Yellow-tinted Honeyeater - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies flavescens
Photo © by Hans&Judy Beste
North West Queensland, 1973

Ptilotula flavescens

Identification

13–15·5 cm (5-6 in )

• Yellowish overall plumage
• Brighter yellow throat
• Curved black line from bill base to below eye
• Pale grey streaks on breast

Distribution

Papua New Guinea and Australia
Australian range: Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in the genus Lichenostomus.

Subspecies

Two subspecies recognized^[1]:

• P. f. flavescens in Northern Australia
• P. f. melvillensis on Melville and Bathurst Islands and savanna of southeast New Guinea

Habitat

Tropical open forests and woodlands, generally near rivers and wetlands.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar and invertebrates; insects and spiders, with the addition of seeds and honeydew.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2018)
4. Australian Bush Birds

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Yellow-tinted Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Yellow-tinted_Honeyeater

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