FAN-TAILED CUCKOO

female Fan-tailed Cuckoo, photographed on Townsville Common, August 2014

233           FAN-TAILED CUCKOO                      Cacomantis flabelliformis

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Range down e. third of Australia and across south and up as far as Shark Bay, and in Tasmania. Found in rainforest, red river gum, mangroves, open woodland, paddocks and roadsides. 25-27 cm.

female Fan-tailed Cuckoo, photographed on Townsville Common, August 2014

Photographed near Cairns, Queensland October 2015

INDIAN YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS

232        INDIAN YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS           Diomedea chlororhynchos

Australia     (232)

Also known as Mollymawk. 71-82 cm, wingspan 1.8-2 m. Found off the coast around Tasmania and the south of the mainland from NW Cape (WA) to near Tropic in Q. 

AUSTRALASIAN GANNET

231         AUSTRALASIAN GANNET            Morus serrator

Australia           (231)

Also called Australian Gannet and Diver. 91 cm, span 1.7-2 m. Ranges along coastal waters off Tasmania and south of mainland from NW Cape (WA) to Mackay (Q).

Photographed at Point Danger, Portland, Victoria November 2015

Lawrence Rock Nature Reserve, Portland, Victoria, gannet rookery.