Yellow-throated honeyeater

The yellow-throated honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) is a species of passerine bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is similar in behaviour and appearance to the white-eared honeyeater and is endemic to Australia's island state of Tasmania. It was formerly considered a pest of orchards.

Yellow-throated honeyeater
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Nesoptilotis
Species:
N. flavicollis
Binomial name
Nesoptilotis flavicollis
(Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms

Lichenostomus flavicollis

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