Yellow-throated miner

Manorina flavigula

The Yellow-throated miner (Manorina flavigula) is a bird found in Australia. Dry scrub and woods across inland Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, nectar and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Manorina flavigula
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	Australia

🏡 Where the Yellow-throated miner lives

Dry scrub and woods across inland Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs70%
🌸 Nectar20%
🍎 Fruit10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 It lives in noisy colonies that look out for each other.

Hear the Yellow-throated miner

Recorded by Nick Talbot (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1005903. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Yellow-throated miner

Where does the Yellow-throated miner live?

The Yellow-throated miner lives in Australia. Dry scrub and woods across inland Australia.

What does the Yellow-throated miner eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), nectar (about 20%), fruit (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Yellow-throated miner endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.