Yellow-throated Miner

Description:

Adults grow to just under 30cm, a predominantly grey bird, lighter belly, dark mask around face, beak, eye patch & side of throat, legs/feet, parts of wing and tail feathers are yellow coloured. A honeyeater, the miners also supplement their diet with insects. The call is a series of notes that become intense when territorial or when alerting each other and other species of nearby danger.

Habitat:

Widely distributed across Australia, but found in the more western and northern regions, differing from the Noisy Miner of the east coast. Inhabits a variety of environments including gardens. This one found near salt lake and dry river bed.

Notes:

Looks like breakfast by the river was not so tasty afterall. This Yellow-throated Miner made a big deal out of catching a nice big breakfast only to gag quite a few times as it found the morsel quite distasteful and tried to rid it from its mouth.