TREE MARTIN

230         TREE MARTIN         Hirundo nigricans

Australia         (230)

Also called Tree Swallow. 12.5-14 cm. Range all over Australia except in driest areas. Found in open country with trees.

PALLID CUCKOO

Female Pallid cuckoo

229        PALLID CUCKOO           Caculus pallidus

Australia         (229)

Range all over Australia mainland and Tasmania. Found in woodlands, scrub, mangroves, farms, pastoral country, golf courses and gardens. 28-33 cm.

COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE

Female, photographed at Gympie, August 2014

228         COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE       Nettapus coromandelianus

Australia        (228)

Also known as the White Pygmy-Goose. 34-38 cm, span c. 60 cm. Range on e. coast mainland from Brisbane to Charlotte Bay. Found in deeper freshwater swamps, lagoons and dams.