Thursday, February 9, 2017

WHITE-THROATED NIGHTJAR

Photographed at Bunyip State Park, Victoria February 2017
970             WHITE-THROATED NIGHTJAR               Eurostopodus mystacalis 

AUSTRALIA              702

Also known as Fern Owl or Laughing Owl. 32-37 cm. Found on bare ground with leaves, rocks, branches; bracken on dry ridges, slopes of coastal heath; forests, woodlands, wallum country. Range: coastal e. Australia from Cape York (Q) to Otway Ranges (Vic) inland to western slopes of Divide.






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