CHESTNUT-RUMPED THORNBILL

457        CHESTNUT-RUMPED THORNBILL             Acanthiza uropygialis

Australia           (305)

10-11.5 cm. Range is widespread s. inland and w Australia, to s. coast w. from Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas (SA); absent from humid sw. WA. Found in drier woodlands, scrubs, thickets, saltbush, bluebush, lignum, open pastoral country, among dead trees and stumps

BLACK FALCON

Photographed near Coonamble, NSW December 2014

456         BLACK FALCON              Falco subniger   

Australia       (304)

Endemic to Australia mainland, found in most areas except driest se WA, w SA and sw NT. Found on plains, grassland, foothills, timbered watercourses, wetland environments, crops, occasionally over towns and cities. 45-55 cm, wingspan to 1.2 m.