SANDSTONE SHRIKE-THRUSH

Photographed at Duwadarri Lookout, Boodjamulla National Park, Queensland October 2015

725            SANDSTONE SHRIKE-THRUSH             Colluricincla woodwardi

Australia          (567)

Found in sandstone escarpments/gorges. 24-26 cm. Range: from escarpments of “Gulf fall” in far nw Q, Kakadu NP and Litchfield  Ck NP (NT), to w. Kimberley (WA), s. to region of Fitroy Crossing. Common in suitable habitat.

ARAFURA FANTAIL

Photographed at Adel's Grove, Lawn Hill, Queensland October 2015

724            ARAFURA FANTAIL               Rhipidura dryas

Australia           (566)

Also known as Wood Fantail. Similar to the Rufous but now a species on its own. Found in mangroves, riverine forests of melaleuca, pandanus; monsoon rainforest and vine thickets. 16 cm, wingspan to c. 21 cm. Range: Banda-Arafura Arch. -Lesser Sunda Is., s. New Guinea and n. Aust. Coastal n. Aust. from Yampi Sound (WA) to w. Cape York, n. to Aurukun (Q). Sedentary.

Darwin, January 2024

BUFF-SIDED ROBIN

Photographed at Boodjamulla national Park, Queensland October 2015

723          BUFF-SIDED ROBIN            Poecilodryas cerniventris

Australia            (565)

Was sub-species of White-browed Robin. Found mainly in riverine gallery forest, monsoon rainforest, deciduous vine scrubs, bamboo and pandanus thickets. 15-17 cm. Range: from Gregory R. in Gulf lowlands (Q), w. on middle to low reaches of rivers, marginally to mangroves, to w. Kimberley region and upper Fitroy R. (WA). Locally, patchy, generally uncommon. Declined in Kimberley due to destruction of waterside thickets by cattle and burning.

Photographed at Adel's Grove, Lawn Hill, Queensland October 2015