DUSKY WOODSWALLOW

Photographed in Warrumbungle National Park, Coonabarabran, November 2014. A less than clear shot.

317            DUSKY WOODSWALLOW             Artamus cyanopterus

Australia         (275)

Also known as Skimmer, Summer-bird and Woodmartin. 17-18 cm. Range sw WA across to border, all Tasmania and Victoria, bottom third of SA, all NSW except nw corner, se tw-thirds of Queensland from Cooktown down. Found in open forest/woodland, timbered paddocks, coastal/sub-inland scrub, golf-courses and orchards.

Photographed at Warrumbungles, December 2014

TURQUOISE PARROT

Photographed in Warrumbungle National Park, Coonabarabran, November 2014. The only shot I could get of this elusive parrot. 

316         TURQUOISE PARROT              Neophema pilchella

Australia         (274)

19-21 cm. Range e. half of NSW and up just past Brisbane, just into the border of Victoria. Found in open grassy woodlands, with dead trees and near water and forested hills, coastal heaths, pastures with exotic grasses, roadside weeds and orchards.

Photographed at Warrumbungles, December 2014

WHITE-WINGED TRILLER

Photographed in Warrumbungle National Park, Coonabarabran, November 2014

 315          WHITE-WINGED TRILLER                Lalage tricolor

Australia       (273)    

Range all over mainland Australia, and in n. and e. Tasmania. Found in open forests/woodlands/scrub, watercourses. 16-18.5 cm.

SCARLET ROBIN

314             SCARLET ROBIN              Petroica multicolor

Australia            272

12-14 cm. Found in forest foothills, woodlands, watercourses, and during autumn and winter more open habitats, red river gum woodlands, golf courses, parks and gardens. Range sw WA, Tasmania, se from Chinchilla down and around to Adelaide/Eyre Peninsular.

Subspecies leggi, photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania February 2017

GREY WAGTAIL

Photographed in Wales, January 2014.

313          GREY WAGTAIL         Motacilla cinerea

Britain          (12)    

Range Europe and Asia, migrating to tropical regions in Asia and Africa. Found on open marshy ground or meadows.