SHY HEATHWREN

Photographed at Nombinnie nature Reserve, NSW November 2015

727             SHY HEATHWREN              Hylacola cauta

Australia           (570)

Also called Mallee Heathwren. 11.5-14 cm. Found in mallee, cypress pine, heathy mallee/tea-tree. Range: mallee areas of w. NSW-nw Vict.-se SA (and Kangaroo Is, n to s. Flinders Ras.-Gawler Ras.; in s WA, n. to Kalgoolie-Murchison R.; except w. of Dongala-Stirling NP. Uncommon, sedentary.

CHESTNUT-RUMPED HEATHWREN

Photographed on the Junction Trail, Girraween National Park, Queensland, July 2015

630            CHESTNUT-RUMPED HEATHWREN              Hylacola pyrrhopygia

Australia              (473)

13.5-14 cm. Found in heathy woodlands, scrublands, box/ironbark forests. Range:  coastal se Aust., from e Q. to se SA; inland to Warrumbungle NP-Narrandera (NSW), Rutherglen-Inglewood-n. Grampians NP (Vic); in Sa isolated population , s. Flinders Ras-Mt Lofty Ras-Fleurieu Pen. Uncommon.