SCRUBTIT

Photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania February 2017

974                SCRUBTIT              Acanthornis magnus

AUSTRALIA             706

Found in undergrowth of temperate rainforests, fern gullies; on King Island., paperbarks. 11-11.5 cm. Tasmania: widespread except drier e. coast; on King Island sparse in suitable habitat. Fairly common, sedentary.

SWIFT PARROT

Photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania February 2017

973         SWIFT PARROT          Lathamus discolor

AUSTRALIA          705

Found in forests, woodlands, plantations, banksias etc; street trees, parks, gardens. 23-26 cm. Breeds only in Tasmania:most migrate in March-June to se Aust., w to Mt Lofty Ra., (SA), n to c. Bowen in coastal e Q; inland to Griffith-Warialda (NSW), Chinchilla (Q). Nomadic on mainland. Returns to Tas. Aug-Oct.

FORTY-SPOTTED PARDALOTE

Photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania February 2017.

972              FORTY-SPOTTED PARDALOTE            Pardalotus quadragintus

AUSTRALIA             702

Found in drier eucalypt forests, especially 'Manna' (white) Gum. 9-10 cm. Now confined to coastal se Tas; South Bruny Island north to Maria Island, adjacent Hobart environs, especially Tinderbox Pen., s of Kingston. Rare, local. Sedentary, young dispersive. Endangered.

SOOTY SHEARWATER

Photographed on Eaglehawk Neck pelagic, February 2017

971               SOOTY SHEARWATER            Puffinus griseus

AUSTRALIA               703

Also known as New Zealand Muttonbird. 46-54 cm; wingspan c. 1 m. Predominantly a NZ species, breeding on many NZ islands and Macquarie Island; present off NSW, Vic and Tas., mostly Oct-Feb; WA s coast June-Oct. 

Photographed on second Eaglehawk Neck pelagic, Tasmania February 2017