Yellow-throated miner / Gelbstirn-Schwatzvogel (Manorina flavigula)

Wikipedia: Yellow-throated miner Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Yellow-throated_Miner_-_Sturt_National_Park.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Manorina (Manorina); Family Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
General: The yellow-throated miner (Manorina flavigula) is a species of colonial honeyeater, endemic to Australia. It is also known as the white-rumped miner. The distinctive white rump is easy to observe in the field and distinguishes it from the other miner species.^[3] Yellow-throated miners are medium-sized, grey passerines with yellow throat markings, legs, and bare patches around the eye. The common name 'miner' is an alternative spelling of the word myna, mynah or minah, and is shared with other members of the genus Manorina. Though miners were originally named due to their resemblance to the common myna of India that shares similar yellow eye-patch and legs, common mynas are from the starling family and are not closely related to the honeyeater family.^[4][5] Common mynas are an aggressive introduced pest in Australia, which causes some confusion with the native aggressive miners. [more]