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Sunday, November 27, 2016

WESTERN CRESTED SHRIKETIT

Photographed in the Stirling Ranges, Western Australia, November 2016
935                  WESTERN CRESTED SHRIKETIT              Falcunculus leucogaster

AUSTRALIA              (656)

Found in open eucalyptus forest and woodland. Endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Listed as near threatened.






Friday, December 5, 2014

CRESTED SHRIKE-TIT

Photographed at Eubalong West, NSW, December 2014
444          CRESTED SHRIKE-TIT          Falcunculus frontatus

Australia              (302)

Found in rainforests, eucalyptus forests/woodlands; in inland se Australia river red gums on watercourses, especially saplings or young trees; also acacia, coastal tea tree, banksia or cypress pines, golf courses and gardens. Range sw WA, Top End, around Rockhampton area, a pocket near Adelaide and down east coast and inland from Tropic to SA border. At present there are three sub-species.