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Yellow-throated MinerAlternative name: "Dusky Miner", "White-rumped Miner", "Mickey*" Size: 26-28 cm Weight: 31 g (average) |
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Classification
Distribution
Sightings
Photos
Breeding
Nest
Eggs
Behaviour
Food
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Taxonomy, classification |
See Yellow-throated
Miner at Wikipedia 
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
(for details refer to a field guide) |
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range and finding this species
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Sightings |
Although, according to field guides, just beyond the boundary of their habitat, Yellow-throated Miners, race "flavigula", are regularly found in the area of Narrabri, NSW.
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Photos |
Race "flavigula"
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Frontal view of a Yellow-throated Miner
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, May 2012]
Portrait of a Yellow-throated Miner
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, August 2010]
Near-frontal view of a Yellow-throated Miner
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, June 2012]
Lateral view of a Yellow-throated Miner
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, August 2010]
Dorsal view of a Yellow-throated Miner
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, August 2010]
Yellow-throated Miner drinking from a leaking water storage tank
[Flinders Ranges,
SA, March 2008]
This Yellow-throated Miner came in for a drink from one of our bowls;
the near-frontal view shows clearly both yellow throat patches (photo
taken through a fence)
[Eulah Creek, NSW, July 2011]
Yellow-throated Miner collecting nesting material
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2007]
Fledgling Yellow-throated Miner (photo courtesy of C. Hayne)
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Behaviour |
| Social behaviour: Communal | Mobility: Sedentary | Elementary unit: Family clan |
Like all species of miners, Yellow-throated Miners are highly sociable. They live in family units of up to 10 or 12 birds.
Part of a family of Yellow-throated Miners; such congregations
tend to be rather noisy affairs...
[Eulah Creek, NSW, July 2011]
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Food, Diet |
| Adults: Nectar, insects | Dependents: Insects | Water intake: Daily |
Like all Miners of the Manorina family, Yellow-throated Miners feed mostly on insects taken from leaves or bark, rather than nectar.
Yellow-throated Miner that has caught an insect
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2007]
This Yellow-throated Miner came to pick its feed of psyllids and lerps from the underside of
a tree's leaves
[20 km south of Narrabri, NSW, May 2006]
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Additional information |
There is a separate page with a short description of psyllids and lerps.
Here an example of a Yellow-throated Miner taking nectar
[Eulah Creek, NSW, July 2011]
