MANGROVE ROBIN

Photographed at Cygnet Bat Pearl, trip to Waterfall Reef, Western Australia, June 2015

629             MANGROVE ROBIN                Eopsaltria pulverulenta   

Australia        (472)

14.5-16.5 cm. Found in dense, low thickets of coastal mangroves; on coasts, tidal creeks, river mouths. Range: coastal tropical Aust. from c. NW Cape (WA) to c. Proserpine (Q), with breaks where mangroves absent; points on Gulf coast (Q). Locally common.

BROWN BOOBY

Photographed at Cygnet Bat Pearl, trip to Waterfall Reef, Western Australia, June 2015

628             BROWN BOOBY                Sula leucogaster

Australia          (471)

65-76 cm, span 1.4 cm. breeds all year round but with autumn and spring peaks. Common in nw WA, breeds from Ashmore Reef (n. Indian Ocean) s. to Bedout I.; in Q, from Raine I., off ne Cape York Pen. to Bunker Group, s. Gt Barrier Reef. Common offshore s. to Moreton Bay (Q) and dampier Arch. (WA); uncommon on NSW coast.