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Blue-faced Honeyeater Found in northern and eastern mainland Australia, the Blue-faced Honeyeater is a striking bird with its olive-green blue, black and cream plumage. It is a noisy and gregarious bird. Also known commonly as the Banana-bird in tropical areas, for its love of feeding on banana fruit and flowers. <br /> Seen here feeding on Agave desmetiana &#039;variegata&#039;. Australia,Blue-faced Honeyeater,Entomyzon cyanotis,Geotagged,Meliphagidae,New South Wales,Passeriformes,Vertebrate,autumn,bird,fauna Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Blue-faced Honeyeater

Found in northern and eastern mainland Australia, the Blue-faced Honeyeater is a striking bird with its olive-green blue, black and cream plumage. It is a noisy and gregarious bird. Also known commonly as the Banana-bird in tropical areas, for its love of feeding on banana fruit and flowers.
Seen here feeding on Agave desmetiana 'variegata'.

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The Blue-faced Honeyeater

The Blue-faced Honeyeater, also colloquially known as the Bananabird, is a passerine bird of the Honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ruth Spigelman
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By Ruth Spigelman

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Uploaded May 3, 2019. Captured May 3, 2019 13:08 in 59 Merewether St, Merewether NSW 2291, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/13.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO250
  • 100mm
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