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Blue-faced Honeyeater

Entomyzon cyanotis cyanotis

Photo by Liana
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Field Notes

Description:

The Blue-faced Honeyeater has broad wings with rounded tips and a medium squarish tail. The sturdy slightly downcurved bill is shorter than the skull. The distinctive feature is the bare blue skin around its eyes. The head and throat are otherwise predominantly blackish with a white stripe around the nape and another from the cheek. The upperparts, including mantle, back and wings, are a golden-olive colour, and the margins of the primary and secondary coverts a darker olive-brown, while the underparts are white (Wiki)

Habitat:

Hanging about in the park at Nanango.

Notes:

I just learned that one of the subspecies is found here in the Kimberley...challenge accepted :)

Reference: The Michael Morcombe eGuide to Australian Birds, Mobile App.

Reference: http://australianmuseum.net.au/blue-faced-honeyeater

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Comments (6)

Thank you Sunny! You're welcome :)
Thank you everyone! It's all the bird's doing :) @ Mark ~ Does it really? This is the first one I've ever seen! We're coming into rainy season now...maybe it's the humidity ha ha
Nice shots. This one does look slightly different to others around the country... so a subspecies.. cool... or maybe it's the heat. :)

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