GREAT KNOT

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory,Western Australia, May 2015

598        GREAT KNOT          Calidris tenuirostris

Australia         (441)

Also known as Slender-billed Knot or Striped-crowned Knot. 26-28 cm. Found in tidal mudflats, sandy ocean and bay shores; estuaries; shallow saline and freshwater wetlands. Breeds in ne. Siberia, migrates to India, s and se Asia, Indonesia, PNG and NZ. Sept-March to coastal Aust. and Tas., inland in nw Q., nw Vic. Common in Top End(NT) to coastal nw. WA, where may gather in flocks of 20 000. Some will over-winter in northern Aust.

Darwin, January 2024

BROAD-BILLED FLYCATCHER

597            BROAD-BILLED FLYCATCHER          Myiagra ruficollis

Australia           (440)

14-16 cm. Found in mangroves, monsoon forest, paperbarks, riverside vegetation, coastal woodlands. Range: coastal n. Aust. and islands: from Fitzroy R., Kimberley region (WA), to Cairns (Q).

RED-HEADED HONEYEATER

Photographed in Broome, Western Australia, May 2015

596          RED-HEADED HONEYEATER           Myzomela erythrocephala

Australia     (439)

11-13 cm. Found in mangroves, monsoon forests, vine scrubs, blossomingeucalypt woodlands; paperbarks, watercourse-vegetation, parks, garden. Range: coastal tropical nw. and n. Aust. and islands; from Broome (WA) to c. Melville, e. C. York Pen. (Q); inland to c. Katherine Gorge (NT). 

LONG-TAILED FINCH

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015 (Race: acuticaudia)

595           LONG-TAILED FINCH           Poephila acuticauda

Australia        ( 438)  

Also known as Blackhearts.  15-16.5 cm. Found in grassy woodlands near water; coastal plains with pandanus. Range: coastal n. Aust., from Broome (WA), through Kimberley, Top End (NT), s. to c. Elliott; e. into nw. Q, to c. Burketown-Leichhardt R., s. to Mt. Isa region.

WHITE-BREASTED WHISTLER

Photpgraphed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australi, May 2015

594            WHITE-BREASTED WHISTLER            Pachycephala lanioides

Australia           (437)

19-21 cm. Found in low, dense mangroves; rainforest fringing coastal streams, springs. Range is discontinuous distribution in suitable mangrove habitat around coastal n. Aust., from n. of Carnarvon (WA) to Edward R., w. C. York Pen. (Q).

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.

TORRESIAN CROW

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015

592           TORRESIAN CROW                Corvus Orru

Australian            (435)

48-53 cm. Found on rainforest margins; open forests, woodlands, taller inland/coastal scrubs; beaches, tidal areas; in arid regions, ranges, gorges, timber on larger watercourses; also farms, settlements. Range: from c. Raymond Terrace (e. NSW), throughout n. and inland Aust. (except far sw Q. and driest deserts); s. through s. NT to Mann, Musgrave and Everard Rs.-Eringa (nw. SA); in WA, s. coastally to c. Geraldton, s. to c. Corrigin-Norseman.

BROWN SONGLARK

Photographed on the highway south of Broome, Western Australia May 2015

591           BROWN SONGLARK               Cinclohamphus cruralis

Australia              (434)

Male 24-26 cm; female 18-19 cm. Found in pastures, cereal crops; in inland, open grassy country, saltbush etc. Range: mainland Australia, mainly s. of Tropic and inland Gt Divide: reaches coasts in ce. Q, w. Vic, SA, most of WA s. of Broome. Highly nomadic.

PAPERBARK FLYCATCHER

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015

590          PAPERBARK FLYCATCHER            Myiagra nana

Australia           (433)

Also known as the Little Restless Flycatcher. Found in tropical woodland and riverine habitats of northern woodland habitat of n. Australia and s. New Guinea: found from Kimberley Region of WA, across Top End of NT, to Gulf Country and sw Q.; Saibai Island in Torres Strait. Was regarded as a subspecies of Restless Flycatcher. 

GREAT BOWERBIRD

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015

589          GREAT BOWERBIRD               Chlamydera nuchalis

Australia          (432)

34-38 cm. Found in drier woodlands, shrubs/thickets; near water, outer urban areas, parks, gardens. Range from c. Broome (WA) through Kimberley, Top End (NT) s. to about Elliott; Gulf Coast s. to Nicholson, O'Shannassy, upper Flinders Rs; occasional s. to Mt Isa (Q); C. York Pen., coastal to near Mackay.

AUSTRALIAN PRANTINCOLE

Photographed 40 kms south of Broome, Western Australia, May 2015

588            AUSTRALIAN PRATINCOLE             Stiltia isabella

Australia        (431)

22-24 cm, wingspan 50-60 cm. Found in the vicinity of water on inland plains to coastal floodplains; stony ground with sparse low shrubs; bare margins of swamps; stock-tanks, stock routes, airfields. Range: n. and inland e. Aust, from c. Eighty Mile Beach (WA) to Rockhampton (Q), s. to coastal SA;casual in inland WA and Nullarbor Plain. Breeds mostly s. of Tropic, migrates n. in autumn-winter to n. Aust. ; Torres Strait, PNG, Indonesia, Borneo.