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Blue-faced Honeyeater

Entomyzon cyanotis · Family Meliphagidae

Entomyzon cyanotis

Family Meliphagidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Meliphagidae
GBIF occurrence records
361,647
Countries and territories with records
8
Blue-faced Honeyeater
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About this species

This species has 361,647 occurrence records from 8 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.33% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Entomyzon cyanotis combines the genus name Entomyzon with the species epithet cyanotis. It is the only species of the genus Entomyzon in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 170 species of the family Meliphagidae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anthochaera carunculata. Its record count is 4.7 times the family average (76,364). The family Meliphagidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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