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The Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) is a bird found in Australia. Woods and gardens in eastern and northern Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, nectar and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Blue-faced honeyeater lives

Woods and gardens in eastern and northern Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs60%
• 🌸 Nectar20%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
• 🍎 Fruit10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Blue-faced honeyeater

Recorded by marcel finlay (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC352063. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Blue-faced honeyeater

Where does the Blue-faced honeyeater live?

The Blue-faced honeyeater lives in Australia. Woods and gardens in eastern and northern Australia.

What does the Blue-faced honeyeater eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 60%), nectar (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), fruit (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Blue-faced honeyeater endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Orange-fronted parakeet
• Black Stilt
• Swift Parrot
• Plains-wanderer
• Flores Monarch
• Black-winged myna

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.