WHITE-THROATED HONEYEATER

186           WHITE-THROATED HONEYEATER            Melithreptus albogularis

Australia        (186)

12.5-14.5 cm. Range across the top of mainland Australia from Broome to Stuarts Point in NSW. Found in forests, woodlands, paperbark, timber on golf courses, occasionally mangroves, parks and gardens

HELMETED FRIARBIRD

 185       HELMETED FRIARBIRD            Philemon buceroides

Australia        (185)

Also known as Sandstone Friarbird. 32.5-37 cm. Range is in ne Queensland from Cape York to Weipa and down to Rockhampton; and on the Arnham Land escarpment. Found in rain forests, monsoon forests, eucalyptus woodlands, paperbark, mangroves, gardens and towns.

BRUSH BRONZEWING

184     BRUSH BRONZEWING            Phaps elegans

Australia    (184)

28-31 cm. Ranges down e coast from Brisbanme across to Eyre peninsular, sw WA, and Tasmaina. Found in dense scrub, heaths, forests, woodland, mallee.

HOODED PLOVER

183       HOODED PLOVER            Thinornis rubricollis

Australia      (183)

Also known as Hooded Dotterel. 19-23 cm. Ranges around coast of Tasmania,  across southern coast of mainland from Jervis Bay to near WA border, and found in sw corner of WA. Found on broad sandy ocean beaches with plentiful seaweed and jetsam.

GLOSSY BLACK-COCKATOO

182            GLOSSY BLACK-COCKATOO            Calyptorhynchus lathami        

Australia        (182)

Also called Casuarina Cocockatoo. 46-51 cm. Range along east coast and inland from mid-Queensland into Victoria. Found in she-oaks, forests, woodlands, timbered watercourses, and rocky ridge country.