Tuesday, May 5, 2015

GREAT BOWERBIRD

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015
589          GREAT BOWERBIRD               Chlamydera nuchalis

Australia          (432)

34-38 cm. Found in drier woodlands, shrubs/thickets; near water, outer urban areas, parks, gardens. Range from c. Broome (WA) through Kimberley, Top End (NT) s. to about Elliott; Gulf Coast s. to Nicholson, O'Shannassy, upper Flinders Rs; occasional s. to Mt Isa (Q); C. York Pen., coastal to near Mackay.





1 comment:

  1. he has a bizarre look about him - maybe its the long legs and the sleek body or maybe the colour - an unusual one

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