Stomiopera flava
Silhouette: Rachael Joakim · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The yellow honeyeater (Stomiopera flava) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical moist lowland forest and mangrove forest. The yellow honeyeater hovers in front of the spectacular flowers of the bottlebrush orchid (Coelandria smillieae), which appear in northern Queensland between August and November, while feeding upon the nectar and pollinating the flowers.
The yellow honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus, but was moved to Stomiopera after a molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. Photos, audio and video of yellow honeyeater from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library
Recordings of yellow honeyeater from Graeme Chapman's sound archive Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Honeyeater sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 137th most-seen of the 208 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Honeyeater in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Honeyeater sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow Honeyeater sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Meliphagidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow Honeyeater that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Meliphagidae, Honeyeaters) are Helmeted Friarbird (about 50%), Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (about 50%) and Hornbill Friarbird (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Honeyeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Daintree National Park (25 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
