Yellow-throated Honeyeater
Nesoptilotis flavicollis· 吸蜜鸟科(1 photos)
Yellow-throated Honeyeater
20 cm. Blackish face/upperbreast offset by bright yellow throat and small cream-white mark behind eye; crown/underparts grey. Behaviour like White-eared Honeyeater.
- Voice
- common calls: 'tonk, tonk, tonk', 'tchook, tchook' or 'chur-uk, chur-uk'; also 'pick-em-up'.
- Habitat
- forests, woodlands, except rainforest; coastal scrub and heath; golf courses, orchards, parks, gardens.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Jan.
- Nest
- small cup of grass, bark-shreds, leaves, spiders' web; lined with fur, tree-fern fibres; wool; often within 1 m of ground in low bush, tussock; occasionally to 10 m in foliage.
- Eggs
- 2-3; pale pink or fleshy buff, with dots of chestnut-red, purplish grey.
- Range & Status
- Tas., King I. and Furneaux Group, Bass Strait. Common; widespread. Sedentary.
