Honeyeater (blue faced)

Found in open woodland, parks, and gardens, the Blue-faced Honeyeater is common in northern and eastern Australia and southern New Guinea.

This Honeyeater is a large black, white and golden olive-green honeyeater with a two-toned blue facial patch, with the lower half a brilliant cobalt blue. Juveniles, similar to adults have yellow-green facial skin.

This honeyeater is noisy and outgoing, and is usually seen in pairs or small flocks. It is known as the Banana-bird in tropical areas, for its habit of feeding on banana fruit and flowers.

Its diet is mostly composed of invertebrates, supplemented with nectar and fruit. They often take over and renovate old Babbler nests, in which the female lays and incubates two or rarely three eggs.

 
Photographed at Discovery Cove, Orlando, FL