GOLDEN BOWERBIRD

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland September 2015

672           GOLDEN BOWERBIRD            Prionodura newtoniana

Australia         (514)

The smallest of the Bowerbirds, 23-25 cm. Found in highland rainforests. Range: highlands of ne Q; from Mount Cook, near Endeavour River, s. to Mt Elliot NP, near Townsville, above 900 m; lower in winter. Locally common. Sedentary.

Maypole bower used by the male to attract a mate.

PIED MONARCH

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland September 2015

671           PIED MONARCH              Arses kaupi

Australia         (513)

Found in rainforests, palm/vine scrubs; especially near running water; adjacent eucalyptus woodlands. 15-16 cm. Range: coastal ne. Q, from Cooktown s. to Ingham, in rainforests up to 700 m. Fairly common, Sedentary.

CHOWCHILLA

Photographed on Mount Lewis, Queensland September 2015

670           CHOWCHILLA               Orthonyx spaldingii

Australia           (512)

Also known as Auctioneer-bird and the Northern Logrunner. Found  in debris-strewn floor of rainforests. 26-28 cm. Range: coastal ranges of ne Q, from near Cooktown s. to Mount Spec, near Townsville. Common, Sedentary.

ATHERTON SCRUBWREN

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland September 2015

669          ATHERTON SCRUBWREN              Sericornis keri

Australia          (511)

Found in understorey of mountain rainforests. 13.5 cm. Range: rainforests of Atherton Tableland (Q) above 400 m. Uncommon. Sedentary.

FERNWREN

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland September 2015

668              FERNWREN            Oreoscopus gutturalis

Australia           (510)

Found in leaf litter understorey of coastal/mountain rainforests, woodlands, gullies; often near water. Range:  highlands of ne Q above c. 600 m, from c. Cooktown s. to Mt Spec. Fairly common. Sedentary.

MOUNTAIN THORNBILL

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland, September 2015

667           MOUNTAIN THORNBILL        Acanthiza katherina

Australia          (509)

Found in mountain rainforests, wooded streams above 450 m. Range: highlands of ne Q., from Cooktown to Mt Spec near Townsville. Common, sedentary.

TOOTH-BILLED BOWERBIRD

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland, September 2015

666          TOOTH-BILLED BOWERBILL            Scenopoeetes dentirostris

Australia            (508)

Also known as Stagemaker or Toothbilled Catbird. 26-27 cm. Found in highland rainforests and vine scrubs; occasionally venturing to nearby thickets and plantations. Range: highlands of ne. Q, between 500 and 1400 m, occasionally lower; from Mt Amos, near Cooktown, s. to Mt Elliot near Townsville (Q). Common, sedentary.

SQUATTER PIGEON

Photographed at Mount Malloy School, Queensland September 2015

665         SQUATTER PIGEON                Geophaps scripta

Australia           (507)

26-29 cm. Found never far from water in grassed woodlands; foothills, watercourses, river flats, grassy plains; environs of homesteads. Range: e. Q, in suitable habitat, except settled parts of coastal and higher-rainfall areas, far sw and n C. York Pen. Locally common in n.; generally uncommon and much reduced by settlement, competition from stock; predation by cats, foxes, pot-hunting. Sedentary, part-nomadic.

BRIDLED HONEYEATER

Photographed at Kingfisher Lodge, Julatten, Queensland September 2015

664          BRIDLED HONEYEATER               Lichenostomus frenatus  

Australia            (506)

Also known as Mountain Honeyeater. 20-22 cm. Found in highland rainforest; watercourse vegetation, wetter eucalypt woodlands; in winter, paperbarks, eucalypt woodlands. Range: ne Q: from near Cooktown (Mt Amos), s. on highlands to Paluma Ra., near Townsville. Common, sedentary, winter movement to coastal.

BARRED CUCKOO-SHRIKE

Photographed at Kingfisher Lodge, Julatten, Queensland September 2015

663           BARRED CUCKOO-SHRIKE            Coracina lineata

Australia           (505)

Also known as Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-shrike. 24-26 cm. Found in rainforest, vine scrubs and margins; eucalypt forest/woodlands; clearings in secondary growth; paperbarks; timber on watercourses; native figs; other trees with fruits; plantations, gardens. Range: coastal e. Aust.: breeds s. to Nambucca Heads-Port Macquarie (NSW); casual Hunter Valley. Summer breeding migrant in se Q.-ne. NSW; nomadic in response to ripening of rainforest fruit. Uncommon Q; rare NSW.

YELLOW-BREASTED BOATBILL

Photographed near Kingfisher Lodge, Julatten, Queensland September 2015

662            YELLOW-BREASTED BOATBILL             Machaerirhynchus flaviventer   

Australia            (504)

11-12.5 cm. Found in rainforest, vine scrub, creekside vegetation, eucalypt woodland, lantana. Range: from C. York (Q), s. to Archer R. on w. coast; s. to Ingham on e. coast. Locally common.