WHITE-BROWED BABBLER

Photographed near Tailem Bend, South Australia March 2015

528          WHITE-BROWED BABBLER                Pomatostomus superciliosus

Australia            (369)

Also known as Happy Family, Stickbirds, Cackler, Twelve Apostles, and Jumper. 18-22 cm. Found in drier scrubby woodlands, mulga, other acacia, mallee, cypress pine; timber, scrub along watercourses,  saltbush. Range mainland Australia, mostly west of Divide and north of Divide in Vic., not in driest part of s. NT and n. SA.

APOSTLE BIRDS

9    APOSTLEBIRDS     Struthidea cinerea

Australia   (9)

Also known as Grey Jumper, Happy Family, Lousy Jack, Twelve Apostles. 29-33 cmd in size. Usually in groups of 6-10 but can be 20 plus. Often seen on side of roads dust-bathing, feeding or scampering from branch to branch, can be noisy and is friendly around camping grounds. Coastal and central Queensland down through centre of NSW and NW corner of Victoria across to Adelaide. A separate pocket in NT around Elliot-Katherine area.