Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Blue-faced Honeyeater
The Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Entomyzon cyanotis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Entomyzon cyanotis albipennis
- Entomyzon cyanotis griseigularis
- Entomyzon cyanotis cyanotis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Gracula cyanotis
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Nova Hollandia [= Sydney, New South Wales, cf. Stresemann, 1951, Emu, 50, p. 68].
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xxix
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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