WESTERN RINGNECK

210        WESTERN RINGNECK            Barnardius zonarius

Australia       (210)

Also known as Port Lincoln Parrot, Port Lincoln Ringneck or Twenty-Eight Parrot. 34-37 cm. Found in forests, woodlands, red-river gums, mallee, mulga, farmland and gardens. Range southern half of WA, central and south NT, and western two-thirds of SA.

Next three photographs taken at Lincoln National Park, South Australia March 2015

MUSK LORIKEET

Photographed near Manly, Queensland, August 2014

209      MUSK LORIKEET           Glossopsitta concinna

Australia         (209)

20-23 cm. Found in eucalyptus woodlands, drier forests on foothills, plains, roadside timbers, timbered watercourses, and bush dams. Ranges along coast to a distance inland from above Brisbane to near Adelaide.

BAR-TAILED GODWIT

Photographed near Manly, Queensland, August 2014. Birds in non-breeding plumage.

208       BAR-TAILED GODWIT          Limosa lapponica

Australia         (208)

38-46 cm, female larger. Found on tidal mudflats, estuaries, shallow river margins, and flooded pastures. Range on mainland Australia except in driest e. of WA, ranges around coast of Tasmania. The god wit breeds in ne. Siberia and nw. Alaska and migrates to Indonesia and Australia, will sometimes winter here.

Photographed near Manly, Queensland, August 2014. 

Photography NSW Central Coast, October, 2014

Photography NSW Central Coast, October, 2014

Photography NSW Central Coast, October, 2014

Photographed near Barwon Heads, Victoria