Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis ‡
Bustard Downs, Mt Carbine, FN Qld IMG_1454 20190812 - cyanotis
Notes: Large w. heavy bill. Adult has brilliant blue
bare patch (yellow-green in juvenile) around
yellow or cream iris; Ssp
griseigularis is smaller than cyanotis but similar in plumage, but
pink-
buff patch on underwing slightly larger. Ssp albipennis
(White-quilled Honeyeater
) similar in
size & plumage to cyanotis, except
underwing patch white & larger; bill longer; iris orange-yellow.
Sedentary in noisy flocks. In S mostly in open grassy eucalypt forests.
Varies in N.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)
Springvale Road, Wondecla, FN Qld IMG_2992 20200611 - cyanotis see pink-buff patch on underwing, showing throughupper feathers. CLICK for one flying, Freshwater Lake, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, FNE Qld 20260217.
Mt Lindesay State Forest, NE NSW IMG_5088 20220617 - cyanotis CLICK for one at Big4, Nambucca Heads, E NSW 20250605.
Forrest Beach, N of Ingham, FN Qld IMG_2113 20180512 - cyanotis immature
Artemis Station, CYP + Forsayth FN Qld IMG_1922 20160910 - griseigularis CLICK for morning call: IMG_3645 20200615.
New Laura Ranger Station, Lakefield NP, CYP, FN Qld IMG_8275 20201004 - griseigularis juvenile
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5570 20180804 - albipennis CLICK for another pic.
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5247 20180804 - albipennis CLICK for juvenile & adult, Cahill Crossing, Kakadu, NE NT 20180726.
Pine Creek, N NT IMG_5398 20180804 - albipennis juvenile CLICK for another pic there.
Rocky Dam, Flat Creek Station, Georgetown, FN Qld IMG_7543 20200626 - cyanotis
New Laura Ranger Station, Lakefield NP, CYP, FN Qld IMG_8268 20201004 - griseigularis immature, immature + adult
Lake Monduran, SE Qld IMG_5534 20220622 - cyanotis at nest