by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Eastern Mouse Spider Scientific Name: Missulena bradleyi Size: Total Length 25mm What does it look like? The Eastern Mouse Spider is a stocky, uniformly black spider, with an enlarged cephalothorax and basal part of fangs, and males with a whitish or pale blue spot on...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Eastern Whipbird Adult Young (immature) bird Scientific Name: Psophodes olivaceus Size: 26 to 30 cm, with males larger than females. What does it look like? Adult Eastern Whipbirds are mostly dark olive-green above, with a long tail, and a grey-white belly. The head...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Eastern Yellow Robin Scientific Name: Eopsaltria australis Size: 15 to 17 cm What does it look like? The Eastern Yellow Robin is a medium-sized robin with grey back and head and yellow underparts. The superficially similar Pale Yellow Robin is comparatively smaller,...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 15, 2020
Emus & Cassowaries (Family Casuariidae) Like the ostriches both the Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae and the Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius lack a keel on the sternum, have loose barbless feathers and are both flightless. They also have large powerful legs...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Fantails (Family: Rhipiduridae) These are small, active insectivores, with a conspicuous broadly fan-shaped tail. None of the five species recorded in Australia are endemic. The Lord Howe Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina is listed as extinct. The Willie...
