RED-HEADED HONEYEATER

Photographed in Broome, Western Australia, May 2015

596          RED-HEADED HONEYEATER           Myzomela erythrocephala

Australia     (439)

11-13 cm. Found in mangroves, monsoon forests, vine scrubs, blossomingeucalypt woodlands; paperbarks, watercourse-vegetation, parks, garden. Range: coastal tropical nw. and n. Aust. and islands; from Broome (WA) to c. Melville, e. C. York Pen. (Q); inland to c. Katherine Gorge (NT). 

LONG-TAILED FINCH

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015 (Race: acuticaudia)

595           LONG-TAILED FINCH           Poephila acuticauda

Australia        ( 438)  

Also known as Blackhearts.  15-16.5 cm. Found in grassy woodlands near water; coastal plains with pandanus. Range: coastal n. Aust., from Broome (WA), through Kimberley, Top End (NT), s. to c. Elliott; e. into nw. Q, to c. Burketown-Leichhardt R., s. to Mt. Isa region.

WHITE-BREASTED WHISTLER

Photpgraphed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australi, May 2015

594            WHITE-BREASTED WHISTLER            Pachycephala lanioides

Australia           (437)

19-21 cm. Found in low, dense mangroves; rainforest fringing coastal streams, springs. Range is discontinuous distribution in suitable mangrove habitat around coastal n. Aust., from n. of Carnarvon (WA) to Edward R., w. C. York Pen. (Q).

MANGROVE GOLDEN WHISTLER

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015

593       MANGROVE GOLDEN WHISTLER           Pachycephala melanura

Australia          (436)

Also known as Black-tailed Whistler. 15-17 cm. Found in mangroves, coastal rainforests or monsoon forest; riverside thickets, eucalyptus woodlands, coastal scrubs/heath. Range: coastal n. Aust., many coastal islands; from Carnarvon mangroves (WA) to near Mackay (Q).

Female.

TORRESIAN CROW

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015

592           TORRESIAN CROW                Corvus Orru

Australian            (435)

48-53 cm. Found on rainforest margins; open forests, woodlands, taller inland/coastal scrubs; beaches, tidal areas; in arid regions, ranges, gorges, timber on larger watercourses; also farms, settlements. Range: from c. Raymond Terrace (e. NSW), throughout n. and inland Aust. (except far sw Q. and driest deserts); s. through s. NT to Mann, Musgrave and Everard Rs.-Eringa (nw. SA); in WA, s. coastally to c. Geraldton, s. to c. Corrigin-Norseman.

BROWN SONGLARK

Photographed on the highway south of Broome, Western Australia May 2015

591           BROWN SONGLARK               Cinclohamphus cruralis

Australia              (434)

Male 24-26 cm; female 18-19 cm. Found in pastures, cereal crops; in inland, open grassy country, saltbush etc. Range: mainland Australia, mainly s. of Tropic and inland Gt Divide: reaches coasts in ce. Q, w. Vic, SA, most of WA s. of Broome. Highly nomadic.