RUFOUS-CROWNED EMU-WREN

Photographed near Alice Springs May 2016

785            RUFOUS-CROWNED EMU-WREN             Stipiturus ruficeps

Australia         (629)

Biggest of the Em-wrens, 12-13 cm, including tail 6.5-7.5 cm. Found in spinifex, on sides/gullies of rocky ridges, with sparse shrubs. Range: arid inland, e. to Winton-Fermoy-Opalton (Q); in NT n. to Frewena-Wauchope, s. to james Ra., McDonnell Ras., Simpson Desert; in WA extends to w. coast, near NW Cape, n. to c. 20 degrees South in Gt Sandy Desert, s. to E. Murchison district-Kathleen Valley-Naretha and n Gt Victoria Desert and nw SA. Local, sedentary.

LITTLE CROW

Photographed at Tennant Creek, Northern Territory May 2016

784            LITTLE CROW           Corvus bennnetti

Australia         (628)

Smallest, shortest legged of the Aust. corvids. 45-48 cm. Found in mallee, mulga, other acacia scrubs, tambourin watercourses; grasslands; deserts, near treeless plains, coastal woodlands, farmlands, abattoirs, towns. Range: Inland and w. Aust., coastal islands.