BUFF-SIDED ROBIN

Photographed at Boodjamulla national Park, Queensland October 2015

723          BUFF-SIDED ROBIN            Poecilodryas cerniventris

Australia            (565)

Was sub-species of White-browed Robin. Found mainly in riverine gallery forest, monsoon rainforest, deciduous vine scrubs, bamboo and pandanus thickets. 15-17 cm. Range: from Gregory R. in Gulf lowlands (Q), w. on middle to low reaches of rivers, marginally to mangroves, to w. Kimberley region and upper Fitroy R. (WA). Locally, patchy, generally uncommon. Declined in Kimberley due to destruction of waterside thickets by cattle and burning.

Photographed at Adel's Grove, Lawn Hill, Queensland October 2015