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BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Entomyzon cyanotis
HABITAT: Open forests and woodlands of New Guinea and Australia
CONSERVATION STATUS: Least Concern
FUN FACT: All honeyeaters have a brush-tipped tongue to allow rapid uptake of liquids, such as nectar, by flicking in and out of the bill at high speed.
DIET: mostly insects, some spiders and nectar (often eucalyptus). Will also eat fruit and occasionally small lizards.
DIET: A distinctive, large honeyeater; golden-olive above, whitish below, head-pattern distinctive; crown and nape black, with white nape-band; patch of bright to darkish blue facial skin; dusky mark from chin down throat widens into a black bib. Bill black, pale-grey at base; eye white. Sexes are alike in plumage, male larger than female, Juvenile similar to adult but duller.
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