CHESTNUT-BREASTED WHITEFACE

Photographed at Cooper Pedy June 2016

786          CHESTNUT-BREASTED WHITEFACE             Aphelocephala pectoris

Australia           (630)

Found in semi-desert tablelands with bare ground and gibber, sparsely vegetated with bluebush, saltbush, black oak, mulga etc with sparse grass, ‘dead finish’ Acacia tetragonophylla, and Eremophila app. 10 cm. Range: confined to nc and ne SA. Rare, elusive; locally nomadic.

BANDED WHITEFACE

Photographed near alice Springs, Northern Territory May 2016

782      BANDED WHITEFACE         Aphelocephala nigricincta

Australia          (626)

Found in open mulga and other inland scrubs; vegetation on watercourses; saltbush, bluebush, grassland, gibber; sandhills with sparse low shrubs. 11-12.5 cm. Range: inland and cw Aust., e. to far sw. Q (e. and n. to Betoota-Bedourie); n. in NT to Tarlton Downs-Barrow Ck-Tanami; n. in WA to Gt Sandy Desert and s. to middle Gascoyne R.-Cue; n. SA, s. to Musgrave Ras.-L. Eyre Basin. Fairly common, sedentary or locally nomadic.

SOUTHERN WHITEFACE

Photographed near Cobar, NSW March 2015

523          SOUTHERN WHITEFACE            Aphelocephala leucopsis

Australia       (364)

Also known as Eastern Whiteface, Western Whiteface and Squeaker. 10-12.5 cm. Found in dry, sparse open forest/woodlands, inland scrubs e.g. mallee, mulga, cypress pine; saltbush, dead trees, stumps, black box/lignum flats. Range most of NSW except ne. down to Sydney; Vict. except southern coast; SA except around Adelaide; WA bottom half except sw. corner; bottom of NT.