BROWN THORNBILL

221             BROWN THORNBILL         Acanthiza pusilla

Australia         (221)

Both pale and dark variants. 10 cm. Range down e. coast and highlands from Prosepine (Q) to Adelaide (SA) and on Tasmania. Found in under storey in rain forests, eucalyptus, woodlands, scrub, ware course, bracken, dune-vegetation, mangroves, parks and gardens.

Subspecies diemenensis, photographed east coast of Tasmania, February 2017

HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO

Photographed at Marmor, Queensland, August 2014

220            HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO            Chrysococcyx basalis

Australia        (220)

Range all over Australia. 15-17 cm.  Found in woodlands, mallee, salt marsh, mulga, saltbush and golf courses.