The Blue-faced Honeyeater occurs in a wide range of habitats, though it is most usually found in eucalypt forests and woodlands, or often among pandanus palms, but it also often occurs in built-up habitats where it forages in both native and exotic plants. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) 1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 800, focal length 560mm Canon 5DsR, Canon 200-400 L IS USM EXT . Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater 22-27 cm; male 39-77 g, female 34-57 g. Plumage is mostly olive-grey above, finely mottled blackish on crown and hindneck and streaked blackish on mantle, There’s also a rim of mustard yellow around the eye. The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) is the only species in the genus Acanthegenys. The Australian Museum is closed to the public until Spring 2020 to enable a major renovation. The White-cheeked Honeyeater is a medium-sized black and white honeyeater, with a long, sturdy bill that curves downwards. They take invertebrates from the trunks, branches and leaves of trees, and probe flowers for nectar.

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Project Discover is creating a renewed museum to match its world-class collection. The Crescent Honeyeater is a medium to small honeyeater with a long down-curved bill and a red-brown eye.

It is large, for a honeyeater, ranging from 22 to 27 centimeters and weighing around 52 grams.
White-cheeked Honeyeater ( Phylidonyris nigra) Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Phylidonyris niger: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Phylidonyris niger: Taxonomic status: Species status: full species Your sightings. Related taxa. Gregarious, active and noisy with swift, erratic flight. Males are dark grey above with yellow wing patches, a white streak above the eye and a distinctive dark crescent across each side of the breast, outlined below with a white line. The birds are sociable, aggressive, and often observed foraging in large flocks. The rest of the underparts are a pale brown grey to white, with prominent white markings on the tail. They are medium-sized honeyeaters, about 24cm and 52g.

Young birds are duller and paler with softer, fluffier plumage. Source: Wikipedia In the close-up shot, above, the bright pink, bare skin can be seen extending from the gape to beneath the eye. Male Red-headed Honeyeater taking nectar from a flower (photo courtesy of P. Brown) [Darwin, NT, March 2018] Female Red-headed Honeyeater taking nectar from flowering mangrove (photo courtesy of B. Hensen) [Leanyer Swamp, Darwin, NT, November 2018] Call(s)/Song: For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. Language Common name; Dutch: Withalshoningeter: English, United States: White-cheeked Honeyeater: French: Méliphage fardé: Japanese: ホオジロキバネミツスイ


The eye is dark brown.

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It has large bright yellow tail and wing panels, with a large conspicuous white cheek patch on a mainly black head.