Yellow-throated Honeyeater
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater
Taxobox
name = Yellow-throated Honeyeater
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Meliphagidae
genus = "Lichenostomus"
species = "L. flavicollis"
binomial = "Lichenostomus flavicollis"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1817)
synonyms = The Yellow-throated Honeyeater ("Lichenostomus flavicollis") is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family.It is endemic to Australia's island state of Tasmania.
Description
The Yellow-throated Honeyeater is a medium sized honeyeater with a relatively long tail. It is an olive green above, with a silver-grey crown, face, and underbody contrasting with a distinctive bright yellow chin and throat. There is a small yellow ear-patch and the wing feathers are outlined with yellow. The bill is black and the eye is a deep ruby red. Females are smaller than males. Young birds are very similar to adults, but duller. Other names are the Green Cherry-picker, Green Dick or Green Linnet.
Habitat
Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
ource
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50763/all Lichenostomus flavicollis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
* Birds in Backyards. [http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=290}
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