RarityCommon
Height11 cm
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"Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters form long-term breeding colonies or “neighbourhoods” that can persist for decades in the same location."
Field Guide
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
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The Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (*Lichenostomus melanops*) is a vibrant, medium-sized honeyeater native to southeastern Australia. Best known for its bright yellow ear-tufts and contrasting black facial markings, this energetic species is a familiar resident of eucalypt woodlands and forests from Queensland to South Australia.
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Top Locations
Curated birding spots where the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater has been recorded.
- Girraween Environmental LodgeKey spot🔥 ActiveQueensland · 2 species · seen 12 days ago
- Bomaderry Creek Regional ParkKey spotNew South Wales
- Capertee National ParkKey spotNew South Wales · 19 species · 22 sightings · seen 53 days ago
- Crusoe Reservoir & No. 7 ParkKey spotVictoria · 18 species · seen 191 days ago
- Honeyeater Picnic AreaKey spotVictoria · 7 species · seen 179 days ago
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