Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops)
About the Yellow-faced Honeyeater
The yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) is a small to medium-sized bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It takes its common and scientific names from the distinctive yellow stripes on the sides of its head. Its loud, clear call often begins twenty or thirty minutes before dawn. It is widespread across eastern and southeastern Australia, in open sclerophyll forests from coastal dunes to high-altitude subalpine areas, and woodlands along creeks and rivers. Comparatively short-billed for a honeyeater, it is thought to have adapted to a diet of flies, spiders, and beetles, as well as nectar and pollen from the flowers of plants, such as Banksia and Grevillea, and soft fruits. It catches insects in flight as well as gleaning them from the foliage of trees and shrubs.
A real field recording of the Yellow-faced Honeyeater. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Similar species
- Black-throated HoneyeaterCaligavis subfrenataprofile
- Obscure HoneyeaterCaligavis obscuraprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.