The
yellow-faced honeyeater (
Caligavis chrysops) is a small-to-medium-sized bird in the
honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, native to southeastern Australia. Its typical habitat is open
sclerophyll forests, as well as woodland,
riparian corridors, parks, orchards and gardens. Although some populations are resident, others
migrate, using
geomagnetic fields to navigate. Comparatively short-billed for a honeyeater, it has adapted to a mixed diet including nectar, pollen, fruit, seeds, honeydew, and insects. It is considered a
pest in some areas because of the damage it does to fruit in orchards and urban gardens. This yellow-faced honeyeater was photographed near
Lake Parramatta in
New South Wales.
Photograph credit: John Harrison