RED-BELLIED PITTA

Photographed in Iron Range National Park, January 2021

1312                     RED-BELLIED PITTA                 Pitta erythrogaster

AUSTRALIA                797

Wet season visitor to rainforests of Cape York peninsula. Breeds in the closed forests during wet season. Migrates to New Guinea in non-breeding season.

 

GRACEFUL HONEYEATER

Photographed in Iron Range, Queensland, January 2021

1311                 GRACEFUL HONEYEATER               Microptilis gracilis

AUSTRALIAN BIRDS                   796

The Graceful Honeyeater was split from the Cryptic Honeyeater in 2019. It ranges from Cape York, north of Cooktown up into southern New Guinea.