DUSKY HONEYEATER

205          DUSKY HONEYEATER           Myzomela obscura

Australia    (205)

12-15 cm. Range range along e. coast from Cape York to NSW border, also across the top end of NT. Found in vine scrubs, rain forests, watercourses, eucalyptus woodlands, paperbarks.

Photographed at Crystal Creek Caravan Park, North Queensland, September 2015

Photographed at Crystal Creek Caravan Park, North Queensland, September 2015

Photographed at Crystal Creek Caravan Park, North Queensland, September 2015

SHINING FLYCATCHER

female shining flycatcher, male is all black.

204      SHINING FLYCATCHER           Myiagra alecto

Australia       (204)

17-19 cm. Range coastal n. and e. Australia from Broome, with break in the Gulf and then down to Frazer Island. Found in dense mangroves, pockets of rain forests, paperbark and eucalyptus woodlands.

ALBERT'S LYREBIRD

203            ALBERT'S LYREBIRD           Menura alberti

Australia       (203)

Range limited to Mistake Mountains s. of Gatton (Q) to Nightcap Range, Mullumbimby (NSW), isolated population at Mount Tamborine. Found in dense sub-tropical rainforests and scrubs. male 90 cm including tail, female 76 cm.

NOISY PITTA

202       NOISY PITTA        Pitta versicolor

Australia      (202)

Also known as Buff-breasted pitta. 18-21 cm. Range along e. coast and highlands from Cape York to lower Hunter R. Found in rain forests, subtropical forests and in mangroves when migrating.