Blue-faced Honeyeater

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Blue-faced Honeyeater

Conservation status

Least Concern

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Entomyzon Swainson, 1825
Species:	E. cyanotis

Binomial name

Entomyzon cyanotis
(Latham, 1802)

The Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) is commonly found around the northern and eastern coasts of Australia.

They live throughout woodland, pandanus, paperbarks, mangroves, watercourses, parks and gardens. They are commonly known to suck the nectar out of grevillea trees and are very common around the backyard. Their diet consists of pollen, berries, nectar, cultivated crops (e.g. bananas), but the bulk of their diet consists of insects.

Usually very inquisitive, and friendly birds, they will often invade a campsite, searching for edible items. They are particularly attracted by grapes.

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[edit] References

BirdLife International (2004). Entomyzon cyanotis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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