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Blue faced honeyeater Blue-faced honey eaters are inquisitive and sometimes cheeky birds that love to come along to a picnic, proving that their diet is much more varied than their name might suggest. Scarlet gum takes its botanical name of Eucalyptus phoenecia from the phoenix because the colour of the anther filaments reminded an early botanist of the brilliant scarlet feathers of the mythical bird that bursts into flames at the end of its life before rising anew from the ashes. Both are common across the Top End of Australia. Phoenixes, not so much. Show more