PAPERBARK FLYCATCHER

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015

590          PAPERBARK FLYCATCHER            Myiagra nana

Australia           (433)

Also known as the Little Restless Flycatcher. Found in tropical woodland and riverine habitats of northern woodland habitat of n. Australia and s. New Guinea: found from Kimberley Region of WA, across Top End of NT, to Gulf Country and sw Q.; Saibai Island in Torres Strait. Was regarded as a subspecies of Restless Flycatcher. 

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.

AUSTRALIAN PRANTINCOLE

Photographed 40 kms south of Broome, Western Australia, May 2015

588            AUSTRALIAN PRATINCOLE             Stiltia isabella

Australia        (431)

22-24 cm, wingspan 50-60 cm. Found in the vicinity of water on inland plains to coastal floodplains; stony ground with sparse low shrubs; bare margins of swamps; stock-tanks, stock routes, airfields. Range: n. and inland e. Aust, from c. Eighty Mile Beach (WA) to Rockhampton (Q), s. to coastal SA;casual in inland WA and Nullarbor Plain. Breeds mostly s. of Tropic, migrates n. in autumn-winter to n. Aust. ; Torres Strait, PNG, Indonesia, Borneo.

RED-BROWED PARDALOTE

Photographed at DeGray River Bridge, Western Australia, May 2015

587         RED-BROWED PARDALOTE              Pardalotus rubricatus

Australia           (430)

11-12 cm. Found in drier eucalypt woodlands, scrublands; tall mulga and other acacias; gums on watercourses. Range: found coastal n. and inland Aust., except Top End (NT); s. on e. coast to c. Rockhampton (Q); s. inland to Mitchell (Q); nw. NSW s., and e, to Brewarrina-Hilelston-Broken Hill; n. to Flinders Ras., -Gawler Ras, Gt Victoria Desert; in WA, to w. coast from Gascotne R., n. to Kimberley region.

Red-browed Pardalote emerging from its nesting hole, taken at Bowra Station, Queensland September 2015