StatusEndemic
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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