WHITE-BELLIED WHIPBIRD

Photographed at Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, January 2019

1267                      WHITE-BELLIED WHIPBIRD                    Psophodes leucogaster                     

AUSTRALIA                    766

Also known Mallee Whipbird. Recently split from Western Whipbird; contains two species: lashmari, found on Kangaroo Island, and leucogaster, found in south central SA.

TUFTED DUCK

Photographed at Werribee Water Treatment Plant (WTP), Victoria, January 2019

1266                   TUFTED DUCK                   Aythya fuligula 

AUSTRALIA               765

From northern Eurasia; occasionally found as winter migrant on coasts of USA and Canada. Migratory within their range. Feed mainly by diving; eat molluscs, aquatic insects and some plants, sometimes feeding at night. Breeding habitat close to marshes and lakes with plenty of vegetation to conceal nests; also found on coastal lagoons, shorelines and sheltered ponds.

NOTE:   First record for Australia.