BANDED FRUIT-DOVE

Photographed at Gubara Pools, Kakadu, Northern Territory, October 2018

1261                  BANDED FRUIT-DOVE                   Ptilinopus cinctus    

AUSTRALIA.              758

Occurs in small groups, pairs or alone in pockets of rainforest. Feeds on figs and other fruits. Shy and often hidden in foliage. Inhabits rugged sandstone escarpments with patches of monsoon rainforest and fruit trees, never far from water. Range restricted to Arnhem land in Northern Territory.

ORIENTAL CUCKOO

Photographed at Darwin Botanical Gardens, October 2018

1260                   ORIENTAL CUCKOO                Cuculus opatus 

AUSTRALIAN                    757

Large cuckoo. Often solitary. Shy, elusive. Migratory: from Eurasia as far south as Indonesia, NG, northern Australia; some over-winter in Australia. Uncommon. Inhabits rainforests, monsoon forests, vine scrub, riverine thickets, wetter, densely canopied eucalyptus forest, paperbark swamps, mangroves.

CHESTNUT-BACKED BUTTON-QUAIL

Photographed near Katherine, Northern Territory, October 2018

1259                  CHESTNUT-BACKED BUTTON-QUAIL                   Turnix castanotus

AUSTRALIA                   756

Endemic to Australia. Found in dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry scrubland or tropical dry lowland grassland. range: Kimberley (WA) and Top End (NT).