TAWNY GRASSBIRD

Photographed at Samsonville, Queensland August 2015

646         TAWNY GRASSBIRD           Megalurus timoriensis

Australia         (489)

 Found in coastal heaths, rank grasses, cane grass, combing swamps, grassy dunes, crops. Range: mostly coastal n. and e. Aust., from Kimberley (WA) to Shoalhaven R. (NSW), inland to Atherton Tablelands-Charters Towers-Tambo-Carnarvon Ras. NP (Q); Moree-Macquarie Marshes-Gilgandra (NSW); vagrant King Island; Bass Strait. 17-19 cm.

HELMETED GUINEAFOWL

Photographed at Samsonvale Cemetery where they have been present since 2007, and locals reports pockets of them in surrounding valleys. August 2015

645          HELMETED GUINEAFOWL            Numida meleagris

Australia        (488)

Introduced into Australia. There are a few surviving populations on islands of the Great Barrier Reef and around Brisbane. 6cm. Found in scrub or woodland. 60 cm.

Photographed near Walkamin, Queensland October 2015