BROWN-HEADED HONEYEATER

Photographed at Deniliquin, February 2015

514           BROWN-HEADED HONEYEATER               Melithreptus brevirostris

Australia           (355)

11-14 cm. Found in rainforests, eucalypt forests, woodlands, swamp-woodlands, scrublands-mallee, belar; coastal teeter, banksia scrubs. Ranges southern WA, se. SA, al Victoria, most of NSW except ne corner and nw. corner from Broken Hill up; central and s. Q but not coast.

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT

Photographed at Deniliquin, February 2015

513         BLACK-TAILED GODWIT           Limosa limosa

Australia           (354)

36-43 cm. Ranges across most of Australian mainland except driest central WA, w. SA, sw NT and Tasmania. Found tidal mudflats, estuaries, sandspits, sewerage ponds, shallow river margins, inland on large shallow fresh or brackish waters.

AUSTRALIAN OWLET-NIGHTJAR

Photographed at Deniliquin, February 2015

512           AUSTRALIAN OWLET-NIGHTJAR            Aegotheles cristatus

Australia          (353)

Also known as Moth Owl. Roosts in tree-hollows by day, hunting for insects at night. Eyes do not glow in the dark like true nightjars. Ranges across all of Australia, including Tasmania. Habitat is varied butrainforests, eucalypt forests, woodlands, arid inland scrubs, trees on inland watercourses, billabongs.

Photographed at Nyngan, NSW March 2015

GLOSSY IBIS

Photographed at Deniliquin, February 2015

511         GLOSSY IBIS         Plegadis falcinellus

Australia           (352)

48-61 cm, wingspan c. 90 cm. Ranges over most of Australia, including Tasmania, except driest e. of SA, se. NT and se. and central e. of WA. Habitat well-vegetated wetlands, wet pastures, rice fields, floodwaters, floodplains, brackish or occasionally saline wetlands, mangroves, mudflats, occasionally dry grasslands.