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Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) Alternate name(s): "Banana-bird*", "Blue-eye", "Pandanas-bird" Size: 25-31 cm; wing span 44 cm (average) Weight: 85-135 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description Click here for a physical description Blue-faced Honeyeaters are medium-sized nectar-eating birds. Compared to other honeyeaters, they are quite massively built. Their most prominent features are their large, brilliantly blue facial skin patches around the eyes. The rest of the head is black, except for a narrow white band across the back of the head. The front is all off-white, except for a dark-grey "bib" on throat and chest. The nape of the neck is black, while the rest of the back (from the mantle to the uppertail, including the upperwings), is olive-green, with a yellowish-brown tint. The undertail is grey. The irises are pale-yellow, the bill is dark-grey, with a light-grey base, and the legs and feet are grey. Race "griseigularis" has a larger blue skin patch than nominate race "cyanotis". Race "albipennis" has a two-toned blue/light-blue skin patch and a longer bill. In juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeaters the skin patch around the eyes is greenish-yellow.

Taxonomy, classification See Blue-faced Honeyeater at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Blue-faced Honeyeater is available HERE . Blue-faced Honeyeaters can be found in Australia and in parts of New Guinea. There are three races of Blue-faced Honeyeaters. Race "griseigularis" inhabits Cape York peninsula and islands to the North, along the Torres Strait and beyond. The other two races, "cyanotis" and "albipennis", are endemic to Australia. Nominate race "cyanotis" lives in the south-eastern corner of SA, some of the hill ranges of VIC, the Murray River catchment and all through eastern NSW, except the coastal fringe South of the Hunter estuary. Inland their range extends out to about the confluence of the Paroo River with the Darling River. The range continues into the eastern half of central and nothern QLD, up to the base of the Cape York peninsula. Anywhere to the West of the Gulf of Carpentaria, i.e. the Top End of the NT and the Kimberley in WA, one finds race "albipennis". Blue-faced Honeyeaters are usually found in open forest and woodland, often near water courses. They adapt well to the presence of humans and will enter urban parks and gardens. While picking off insects and possibly spiders they can often be seen in nooks and crannies on the outside of buildings or under awnings. Where to look? How to find this species? While feeding in eucalypts, honeyeaters often stay high up in the crowns of trees and are therefore hard to spot. But many species, including Blue-faced Honeyeaters, will also visit lower plants to feed on nectar in gardens, such as e.g. Eremophila, Banksia, Grevillea or Callistemon. There they are much easier to spot.

Sightings Click here for sighting information Race "cyanotis" Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "cyanotis", were regular customers at the bottlebrush trees in our garden 20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, in the years 2003-2006. They came in groups of 2 or more and made themselves heard upon arrival (and during their stay). In urban parks they can be quite curious and easy to approach. At Eulah Creek, 20 km East of Narrabri, they are also observed regularly, usually in small groups or pairs. Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "cyanotis", were also sighted on a trip to the East of the Great Dividing Range, in the area from Armidale to Dorrigo, NSW. Various contributors also report spotting Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "cyanotis", regularly in different locations along the coastal fringe of south-eastern QLD and north-eastern NSW. They are also a dominant species throughout the eastern half of Queensland, where we have seen them in July 2009. Most notably, they were present in large numbers at Carnarvon Gorge, which is on the western edge of their habitat. M. Mearns reports spotting Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "cyanotis", at Bunya Mountains NP, QLD, in December 2015. M. Eaton found Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "cyanotis", at Stanage Bay, QLD, in July 2021. Race "griseigularis" R. Russell reports spotting Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "griseigularis", regularly at Mount Molloy, QLD. M. Mearns found a family clan of Blue-faced Honeyeaters at Normanton, QLD, in September 2019. This location is in an overlap region between races "griseigularis" and "albipennis". J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours reports finding Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "griseigularis", at Mareeba, QLD, in September 2019. Race "albipennis" H. Mouritsen reports spotting Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "albipennis", in various locations in and around Darwin, NT, in October 2015. J. Greaves spotted a Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "albipennis", at the Parry Creek Road turnoff, Wyndham, WA, in January 2016. P. Brown reports finding Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "albipennis", occasionally in and around Darwin, NT. M. Mearns found a family clan of Blue-faced Honeyeaters at Normanton, QLD, in September 2019. This location is in an overlap region between races "griseigularis" and "albipennis". K. Ohlsen reports finding Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "albipennis", nesting at Acacia Hills, NT, in July 2020. M. Eaton found Blue-faced Honeyeaters, race "albipennis", at Lee Point, Darwin, NT, in June 2023.

Photos

Race "cyanotis"

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ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater
[Near Narrabri, NSW, October 2006]

Close-up frontal view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater checking out the photographer
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, March 2012]

Near-frontal view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, March 2006]

Near-frontal view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater
[Coonabarabran, NSW, November 2018]

Close-up near-lateral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater
[Eulah Creek, NSW, November 2022]

Near-lateral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill Regional Park, near Anstead, QLD, May 2019]

Close-up near-lateral/ventral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater checking out the observer
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, September 2010]

Close-up lateral portrait of a Blue-faced Honeyeater feasting in a Callistemon
[Eulah Creek, NSW, October 2022]

Lateral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater displaying the full splendour of its blue face in brilliant sunlight
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, October 2006]

Lateral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater performing acrobatics
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, November 2010]

Close-up lateral portrait of a Blue-faced Honeyeater looking backwards; note the pollen on its chin
[Eulah Creek, NSW, October 2022]

Lateral/ventral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater

Near-dorsal view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Yamba, NSW, January 2021]

When jumping around in a Cypress pine tree, this Blue-faced Honeyeater released spores in a cloud of dust
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2015]

Dorsal view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Yamba, NSW, January 2021]

Dorsal view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of R. Druce)
[Maules Creek, NSW, October 2012]

While feeding in a bottlebrush tree, this Blue-faced Honeyeater clearly exhibits the white band around the nape of its neck
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2013]

Lateral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater just after take-off (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Ashmore, Gold Coast, QLD, November 2022]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Close-up lateral view of a sub-adult Blue-faced Honeyeater on a low roost, just 2 m off the ground; note the remnant greenish-yellow colour in the orbital skin
[Eulah Creek, NSW, October 2022]

Near-lateral/ventral portrait of an immature Blue-faced Honeyeater on a low roost, just 2 m off the ground; note the intermediate facial skin colour
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2017]

Frontal view of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2021]

Frontal view of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater
[Near Narrabri, NSW, 2006]

Near-frontal view of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of J. Ross-Taylor)
[Ashmore, Gold Coast, QLD, February 2015]

Near-frontal view of a preening juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2008]

Lateral view of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill, QLD, January 2023]

Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill, QLD, January 2023]

Adult, back, with juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater, front (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cooroy, QLD, December 2017]

Family of Blue-faced Honeyeaters including juvenile birds making one big racket about a roosting Southern Boobook
[Eulah Creek, NSW, March 2016]

Adult Blue-faced Honeyeater feeding a juvenile (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Ashmore, Gold Coast, QLD, August 2015]

Clutch of juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeaters (photo courtesy of C. Kellenberg)

Near-frontal view of two fledgling Blue-faced Honeyeaters (photo courtesy of C. Hayne)

Near-frontal/ventral view of a fledgling Blue-faced Honeyeater
[Brewarrina, NSW, September 2012]

Near-frontal/ventral view of a fledgling Blue-faced Honeyeater
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2020]

Lateral/ventral view of a fledgling Blue-faced Honeyeater
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2020]

Race "griseigularis"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal/ventral view of an adult Blue-faced Honeyeater - note the large blue skin patch
(photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Mareeba, QLD, September 2019]

Near-frontal view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, June 2008]

Family clan of Blue-faced Honeyeaters preening (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Normanton, QLD, September 2019]

Race "albipennis"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Near-frontal view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater - note the long bill, which is characteristic of race "albipennis"
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Darwin, NT, April 2018]

Near-lateral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Darwin, NT, April 2018]

Lateral portrait of a Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Darwin, NT, April 2018]

Lateral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Darwin, NT, April 2018]

Lateral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, June 2023]

Family clan of Blue-faced Honeyeaters preening (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Normanton, QLD, September 2019]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Close-up near-lateral view of an immature Blue-faced Honeyeater; note how the facial skin is starting to turn blue
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Nakara, Darwin, NT, April 2023]

Close-up lateral view of an immature Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Nakara, Darwin, NT, April 2023]

Partly obscured lateral view of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater - note the olive-grey facial skin (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Marlow Lagoon, Palmerston, NT, February 2019]

Lateral view of a soaking wet juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Palmerston Golf Course, Palmerston, NT, December 2019]

Lateral view of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater taking nectar (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Marlow Lagoon, Palmerston, NT, February 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater prying loose paperbark (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Marlow Lagoon, Palmerston, NT, February 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Marlow Lagoon, Palmerston, NT, February 2019]

Breeding information

Breeding season: Jul - Jan

Eggs: 2 - 3

Incubation period: ca. 17 days

Fledging age: 20-22 days

Blue-faced Honeyeaters are known as prolific breeders, with up to several broods per season. Photos below show that we have seen a pair breeding through the winter in northern inland NSW (at Narrabri in May 2012). We witnessed another attempt at Eulah Creek in May 2013.

Blue-faced Honeyeaters do not always bother with building a nest, but sometimes take over abandoned nests or even nests that are in use or have just been completed (see photos below). The most frequent victims of such "misappropriations" are Grey-crowned Babblers.

Blue-faced Honeyeaters live in family clans and employ the services of previous broods to help feed the newest clutch in the nest. One can often see birds in sub-adult plumage feeding young in the nest.

Juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater feeding a fledgling
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2020]

Juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater helping to feed a chick - only it isn't quite a sibling, but a juvenile Australian Koel instead (photo courtesy of N. Maclean)
[Noosaville, QLD, June 2016]

Nest

"bungobittah", "lar", "malunna", "jindi" [bundjalung] = nest [Aboriginal]

Type: Basket

Material: Twigs, grass, fibre

Height above ground: 3 - 20 m

Blue-faced Honeyeaters can build their own nest, but if the chance presents itself they will also pinch other species' nests, be they active (in use) or abandoned.

Sole Blue-faced Honeyeater chick in its nest, a day after its younger sibling had died, and 6 days before fledging, on day 22 (photo courtesy of L. Duckworth)
[Gurranang, NSW, November 2021]

View from above onto 2 chicks inside a Blue-faced Honeyeater nest (photo courtesy of L. Duckworth)
[Gurranang, NSW, November 2021]

View from above onto 2 chicks inside a Blue-faced Honeyeater nest (photo courtesy of L. Duckworth)
[Gurranang, NSW, November 2021]

View from above onto 2 hatchling inside a Blue-faced Honeyeater nest (photo courtesy of L. Duckworth)
[Gurranang, NSW, October 2021]

Relatively unobstructed view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater pair's nest; note how, similar to other honeyaters in hanging basket-type nests, the bird's tail sticks out almost vertically
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, December 2011]

The same Blue-faced Honeyeater nest was re-used in winter, when its lining was visibly improved
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, May 2012]

One of the Blue-faced Honeyeater parents feeding the greedy chicks
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, May 2012]

Evidence of a juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater, from the previous (summer) brood, helping feeding the chicks
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, May 2012]

Blue-faced Honeyeater near its rather bulky nest in an eucalypt
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, October 2015]

Blue-faced Honeyeaters collecting nesting material
[Eulah Creek, NSW, November 2021]

Blue-faced Honeyeater pinching the nest of a clan of Grey-crowned Babblers (photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, June 2008]

Blue-faced Honeyeaters occasionally pinch the nests of Grey-crowned Babblers; here the builder of the nest is looking on helplessly as the competition moves in uninvited
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, July 2017]

Blue-faced Honeyeaters building their own nest into the side of an abandoned stick nest, probably of either an Australian Magpie or a Torresian Crow (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Jardine River, Cape York peninsula, QLD, August 2019]

Blue-faced Honeyeater nest found when pruning an ornamental palm (photo courtesy of K. Ohlsen)
[Acacia Hills, NT, July 2020]

Blue-faced Honeyeater nest with two chicks (and roof insulation material from a house) in it (photo courtesy of K. Ohlsen)
[Acacia Hills, NT, July 2020]

Eggs

"boyanga", "booyanga", "derinya", "dirandil", "koomura", "mirk", "ngampu", "nooluk", "pateena", "pum-pum" = Egg; "dirundirri" = eggs [Aboriginal]; "gawu" = eggs [gamilaraay]

Size: 32 x 21 mm

Colour: Creamy, with brown speckles

Shape: Tapered oval

2 eggs inside a Blue-faced Honeyeater nest (photo courtesy of L. Duckworth)
[Gurranang, NSW, August 2021]

Behaviour

Social behaviour: Territorial

Mobility: Dispersive

Elementary unit: Family clan

One can set the clock by the regular habits of Blue-faced Honeyeaters around our place. They appear almost all year round, around sunrise and sunset. Only when there are lots of flowers on our trees they will also come at other times of the day. They visit as pairs or families, rarely alone.

It is possible that Blue-faced Honeyeaters have received their popular name of "Pandanas-bird" because they like to collect the strong, flexible fibres of various types of palms as nest material.

Blue-faced Honeyeaters are omnivores - they use their long sticky tongues not only for retrieving honey or nectar from blossoms, but also to catch small insects, for example from cracks and cavities in walls of buildings or the bark of trees.

Blue-faced Honeyeater searching the bark of a eucalypt for insects
[Eulah Creek, NSW, August 2010]

Blue-faced Honeyeaters can have more than one brood per season; sometimes one can see whole family clans on the move, usually with quite a racket (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Highland Park, Gold Coast, QLD, September 2012]

"I trip him, you whack the serial pest over the head!" Two Blue-faced Honeyeaters gaining the upper hand against a pesky Noisy Friarbird that was trying to claim a bottlebrush for itself (note the foothold)
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2013]

Although two Blue-faced Honeyeaters can overpower a Noisy Friarbird (above) these two surrendered a food source to a single Rainbow Lorikeet (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Ashmore, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2021]

Although two Blue-faced Honeyeaters can overpower a Noisy Friarbird (above) these two surrendered a food source to a single Rainbow Lorikeet (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Ashmore, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2021]

Blue-faced Honeyeater basking in the sun
[Eulah Creek, NSW, October 2022]

Food, Diet

Like many other honeyeaters, Blue-faced Honeyeaters do not exclusively feed on nectar, but use their sticky tongue to take insects too. They are the species that most conspicuously uses its long, rough tongue to pry insects out of crevices. In particular, they search for insects behind the loose ends of bark strips coming off the trunks of various types of eucalypt trees.

Close-up lateral portrait of a Blue-faced Honeyeater feasting in a Callistemon
[Eulah Creek, NSW, October 2022]

Blue-faced Honeyeater taking nectar from a Grevillea flower (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[St. Albans, NSW, January 2019]

Blue-faced Honeyeater taking nectar from a Grevillea flower (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Highland Park, Gold Coast, QLD, August 2012]

This Blue-faced Honeyeater still has pollensticking to its feathers, possibly from a Grevillea flower
(photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Highland Park, Gold Coast, QLD, July 2013]

Blue-faced Honeyeater taking nectar from mistletoe
[Near Mungindi, NSW, June 2013]

Blue-faced Honeyeaters feeding on nectar from a lemon-scented eucalypt (Eucalyptus citriodora)
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2014]

Family clan of Blue-faced Honeyeaters feeding on nectar (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Normanton, QLD, September 2019]

Close-up near-dorsal/ventral view of a Blue-faced Honeyeater taking a spider (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, June 2023]

Blue-faced Honeyeater with its prey, a spider (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cooloola NP, QLD, January 2019]

Juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater using its sticky tongue to lick sap from a eucalypt tree (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Highland Park, Gold Coast, QLD, September 2013]

Juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater with something edible (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Yamba, NSW, January 2021]

Adult Blue-faced Honeyeater teaching one of its offspring how to pry behind loose eucalypt bark in search of insects; by sitting on the ends of such slabs the birds brought down some which were then inspected on the ground before the crevice left behind on the trunk was also searched for food
[Eulah Creek, NSW, August 2011]

Blue-faced Honeyeater taking nectar from a Strelitzia flower
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2013]

Juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater with its prey, a caterpillar (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Ashmore, Gold Coast, QLD, March 2015]

Blue-faced Honeyeater eating from an apple (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill Regional Park, near Anstead, QLD, May 2019]

Blue-faced Honeyeater taking water from a leaking pipe
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2019]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

blufhon_20140910.mp3	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Contact call	© MD
blufhon_20140910_3.mp3	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Contact calls	© MD
blufhon_20141204.mp3	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Contact calls (juvenile)	© MD
blufhon_20140201.mp3	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Pair Q&A	© MD
blufhon_20140201_2.mp3	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Pair Q&A	© MD
blufhon_vc_20200924.m4a	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Territorial calls? (break of dawn)	© VC
blufhon_20170912_2.m4a	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Warning/departure (family clan)	© MD
blufhon_20200302.m4a	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Alarm calls (goanna; with Singing Honeyeater)	© MD
blufhon_20170912.m4a	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Defending food source (family clan)	© MD
noifriar_20170912.m4a	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Fighting over food source (with Noisy Friarbird)	© MD
redwatt_20140508_3.mp3	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Fighting (with Red Wattlebird)	© MD
blufhon_20150114_1.mp3	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Fighting (with Little Friarbird)	© MD
blufhon_20150221.mp3	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Upset (with Noisy Miners)	© MD
blufhon_ld_20211112.m4a	cyanotis (NE NSW)	Begging calls (nestling)	© LD
blufhon_20140408.mp3	cyanotis (NW NSW)	Various	© MD
blufhon_pb_20200527.m4a	albipennis (Darwin, NT)	Territorial calls? (break of dawn; +Brown Honeyeater)	© PB
blufhon_pb_20200518.m4a	albipennis (Darwin, NT)	Territorial calls? (break of dawn)	© PB

More Blue-faced Honeyeater sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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