RED-EARED FIRETAIL

Photographed at Cheyennes Beach, Western Australia March 2015

551          RED-EARED FIRETAIL           Stagonopleura oculata

Australia          (393)

Endemic to sw. WA from Darling Ras., near Perth, s. to Manjimup-Pemberton, e. coastally to Cape Arid NP, inland to Stirling Ras. NP. 11-13 cm. Found in forest undergrowth; vegetation on creeks; gullies with she oak, saw-sedge; coastal scrubs, heaths, paperbarks.

WESTERN SPINEBILL

Female Western Spinebill, photographed at Cheyne's Beach, Western Australia March 2015

551         WESTERN SPINEBILL           Acanthorhynchus superciliosus

Australia            (392)

Found in the understory of forests/woodlands; sand plain heaths, coastal scrub; thickets of banksia/dryandras. Range: endemic to sw. WA; from n. of Jurien Bay to Israelite Bay inland to Moora-Corrigan-L. Grace.

NOISY SCRUB-BIRD

The Noisy Scrub-bird is extremely elusive, so much so that it was considered extinct for many years.  It lives in a small patch of tight scrub and is only seen as it darts across a laneway which divides the scrub. Photographed at Cheynes Beach, Western Australia March 2015

550         NOISY SCRUB-BIRD          Atrichornis clamosus

Australia            (391)

This is one of Australia's rarest birds. It was declared extinct in the 1950s after not having been seen for many years. A small population was rediscovered in 1961. A few have now been relocated to guard against extinction should their habitat suffer due to bushfires. The bird is often heard but rarely seen. It lives in very dense scrub and is elusive. Its range is confined to the region of TwoPeople's Bay Nature Reserve, e. of Albany WA. Habitat is dense thickets of stunted eucalyptus; tea-tree, banksia, sheoak, rush, saw-sedge, tall grasses.

WHITE-BREASTED ROBIN

Photographed at Chenney's Beach, Western Australia March 2015

549         WHITE-BREASTED ROBIN       Eopsaltria georgiana

Australia        (390)

14.5-16 cm. Range only in sw WA: from n. Geraldton s. to c. Albany, with coastal gaps in Perth region. Found in lower dense, well vegetated creek beds, gullies; understory of dense forest, e.g. karri; thickets of acacia, melaleuca, etc; with well developed canopy, little under-shrubbery and much litter; forest margins with bracken, etc; coastal dune-thickets; tall coastal heaths.

WESTERN ROSELLA

Photographed at Cheney's Beach, Western Australia March 2015

548           WESTERN ROSELLA              Platycerus icterotis

Australia        (389)

Endemic to sw. WA, s. and w. of Dongala-Israelite Bay, e. to Southern Cross-Norseman. 25-28 cm. Found in open forest, woodland with grassy clearings; trees on watercourses; farmlands, crops, roadsides, orchards.

SHORT-BILLED BLACK-COCKATOO

Photographed at Wellstead, Western Australia March 2015

547            SHORT-BILLED BLACK-COCKATOO          Calyptorhynchus latirostris

Australia           (388)

Also known as Carnaby's or White-tailed Black-cockatoo. 53-60 cm. Endemic to the sw. WA, from c. lower Murchison River to c. Israelite Bay in se., inland to L. Moore-Meriden-Norseman; breeds in n. Darling Ras. and wheatbelt then disperses coastward in summer-autumn.  Found in open forests, woodlands, scrubland, wheatbelt, and sand plain areas; taller, denser karri, exotic pine plantations, gardens.