Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
MELIPHAGIDAE
Genus
Entomyzon
Species
cyanotis
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Common in lowland open forests and gardens.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
True
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Common in open forests and woodlands, supporting eucalypts and paperbarks close to water. Less commonly in other forest types
Known location
Eagleby, Hope Island, Coomera, Oxenford, Burleigh Heads, Southport, Tallebudgera Creek EP, Loders Ck
Other locality
Common in lowland open forests, farms and gardens. A fairly familiar bird on farms.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Open forest, riparian forest, farms (especially banana farms), parks, gardens.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
A bold and noisy bird that often visits farms and gardens. Tolerates and possibly benefits from habitat disturbance.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations