Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Caligavis chrysops
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMeliphagidae (Honeyeaters)
- GenusCaligavis (Caligavis Honeyeaters)
- SpeciesCaligavis chrysops (Yellow-faced Honeyeater)
The yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) is a small to medium-sized bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It takes its common and scientific names from the distinctive yellow stripes on the sides of its head. Its loud, clear call often begins twenty or thirty minutes before dawn. It is widespread across eastern and southeastern Australia, in open sclerophyll forests from coastal dunes to high-altitude subalpine areas, and woodlands along creeks and rivers. Comparatively short-billed for a honeyeater, it is thought to have adapted to a diet of flies, spiders, and beetles, as well as nectar and pollen from the flowers of plants, such as Banksia and Grevillea, and soft fruits. It catches insects in flight as well as gleaning them from the foliage of trees and shrubs. Wikipedia →
40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-faced Honeyeater sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 2,710 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Blue Mountains National Park
Eastern Spinebill
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Red Wattlebird
Anthochaera carunculata
Noisy Miner
Manorina melanocephala
Little Wattlebird
Anthochaera chrysoptera
Lewin's Honeyeater
Meliphaga lewinii
New Holland Honeyeater
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Bell Miner
Manorina melanophrys
Noisy Friarbird
Philemon corniculatus
White-naped Honeyeater
Melithreptus lunatus
White-eared Honeyeater
Nesoptilotis leucotis
Scarlet Myzomela
Myzomela sanguinolenta
Brown-headed Honeyeater
Melithreptus brevirostris
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-faced Honeyeater in Blue Mountains National Park?
About 48% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-faced Honeyeater sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 2,710 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Yellow-faced Honeyeater in Blue Mountains National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-faced Honeyeater in Blue Mountains National Park in our monthly data.