LARGE-BILLED GERYGONE

Photographed on the Daintree River, near Daintree Village October 2015

717             LARGE-BILLED GERYGONE         Gerygone magnirostris

Australia       (559)

Also known as Floodbird and Large-billed Warbler. 10.5-11.5 cm. Found in rainforests, paperbarks on streams; eucalyptus woodlands, mangroves, gardens. Range: coastal n. Aust., and islands, from McKay (Q) to w.Kimberley (WA). Common, sedentary.

Large-billed Gerygone nest

BLACK BITTERN

Photographed on the Daintree River, near Daintree Village, Queensland October 2015

716         BLACK BITTERN             Ixobrychus flavicollis

Australia         (558)

Found in shadowy, leafy waterside trees: callistemons, casuarinas, paperbarks, eucalypts, mangroves, willows; tidal creeks, sheltered mudflats, oyster-slats. 54-66 cm. range: coastal n., e. and sw Aust., Torres Strait and Christmas Is. From Pilbara (WA) to far e. Vic, where a few pairs breed; rare s. of Sydney (NSW) and far sw. WA Sedentary.