Feeding
The Yellow-rumped Thornbill is insectivorous; major prey items include ants, beetles, bugs and lerps. Other items eaten include spiders, flies and seeds. The species usually forages in small groups of between 3-12 individuals, and may join mixed species-flocks with other small insectivorous passerines such as the Speckled Warbler (Chthonicola sagittatus), Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris), and other species of thornbill.
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