Showing posts with label Black-tailed Whistler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black-tailed Whistler. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

MANGROVE GOLDEN WHISTLER

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015

593       MANGROVE GOLDEN WHISTLER           Pachycephala melanura

Australia          (436)

Also known as Black-tailed Whistler. 15-17 cm. Found in mangroves, coastal rainforests or monsoon forest; riverside thickets, eucalyptus woodlands, coastal scrubs/heath. Range: coastal n. Aust., many coastal islands; from Carnarvon mangroves (WA) to near Mackay (Q).



Female.