Listen to the Yellow-faced honeyeater
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About the Yellow-faced honeyeater
The Yellow-faced honeyeater is a bird in the family Meliphagidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 16 g.
What does the Yellow-faced honeyeater sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) is a small to medium-sized bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It takes its common and scientific names from the distinctive yellow stripes on the sides of its head. Its loud, clear call often begins twenty or thirty minutes before dawn. It is widespread across eastern and southeastern Australia, in open sclerophyll forests from coastal dunes to high-altitude subalpine areas, and woodlands along creeks and rivers. Comparatively short-billed for a honeyeater, it is thought to have adapted to a diet of flies, spiders, and beetles, as well as nectar and pollen from the flowers of plants, such as Banksia and Grevillea, and soft fruits. It catches insects in flight as well as gleaning them from the foliage of trees and shrubs.
More from the family Meliphagidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Yellow-faced honeyeater sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the Yellow-faced honeyeater on this page, including its call and song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Yellow-faced honeyeater endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-faced honeyeater as “least concern”.
What family does the Yellow-faced honeyeater belong to?
The Yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) belongs to the family Meliphagidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call, song · Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains City Council, New South… by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Sonus naturalis - Soundscape by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Sonus naturalis - Soundscape by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Mystery mystery - Identity unknown by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q27075233 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Yellow-faced honeyeater – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by JJ Harrison ( https://tiny.jjharrison.com.au/t/WT321jx3uSS2lGF9 ) – CC BY-SA 4.0