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Blue-faced Honeyeater

Entomyzon cyanotis cyanotis

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-face...

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6 Comments

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 8 years ago

Thank you Sunny! You're welcome :)

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 8 years ago

Beauty!! TFS Amadeus..

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 8 years ago

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

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Nice shots. This one does look slightly different to others around the country... so a subspecies.. cool... or maybe it's the heat. :)

Nayeli
Nayeli 8 years ago

Pretty nice!

James McNair
James McNair 8 years ago

Superb!

armadeus.4
Spotted by
armadeus.4

Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Jul 29, 2015
Submitted on Oct 15, 2015

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