PACIFIC BAZA

Photographed at Glenning Valley, NSW Central coast, August 2014

237                 PACIFIC BAZA             Aviceda subcristata

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Also known as Crested Hawk. 36-45 cm, wingspan 80 cm. Range across northern Australia in Kimberley and Top End, and down e. coast from Cape York to Sydney. Found in leafy trees on rainforest fringes, open forest and woodlands, timbered watercourses and treed suburbs.

FAIRY MARTIN

Photographed at Cunnamulla, Queensland

236              FAIRY MARTIN              Hirundo ariel

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Also known as Bottle Swallow. 12-13 cm. Ranges all over Australian mainland except driest areas. Found in open country, rivers, creeks, wetlands, cliffs, bridges and caves. Only Aust. swallow to build a mud-bottle nest with narrow entrance sprout.