BirdUp · Species
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis(Latham, 1801)
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Entomyzon
At a glance
The Blue-faced Honeyeater is a medium-sized bird, about 26–32 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 26–32 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Blue-faced Honeyeater look like?
The Blue-faced Honeyeater is a medium-sized bird, about 26–32 cm long and weighing 80–135 g.
The blue-faced honeyeater, also colloquially known as the bananabird, is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It is the only member of its genus, and it is most closely related to honeyeaters of the genus Melithreptus. Three subspecies are recognised. At around 29.5 cm (11.6 in) in length, the blue-faced species is large for a honeyeater. Its plumage is distinctive, with olive upperparts, white underparts, and a black head and throat with white nape and cheeks. Males and females are similar in external appearance. Adults have a blue area of bare skin on each side of the face readily distinguishing them from juveniles, which have yellow or green patches of bare skin.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Blue-faced Honeyeater?
The Blue-faced Honeyeater is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
Steve Fitzgerald · Queensland, AU
Call
Barb · Sinnamon Park QLD, Australia
Call
jimchurches · Balranald NSW 2715, Australia
Call
Steve Fitzgerald · Queensland, AU
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Blue-faced Honeyeater eat?
The Blue-faced Honeyeater feeds on fruit, nectar/pollen and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or flocks.
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