by Peter Rowland | Monday, February 28, 2022
Buntings (Family Emberizidae) Buntings are sparrow-like birds, with short, conical bills. The Yellowhammer Emberiza citronella has been recorded on LHI in 1949, regarded as a self-introduced vagrant from New Zealand, where it was introduced between 1862 and 1871. The...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Bustards (Family Otididae) Typically, stocky birds of open plains, with an erect stance. The Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis is a breeding resident of Australia, but also occurs in New Guinea. Australian Bustard Birds Home Nature Facts...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Cisticolas (Family Cisticolidae) The two species found in Australia, the Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis and the Golden-headed Cisticola C. exilis each have several endemic subspecies. Small birds, with a slender, pointed bill, rounded wings, and typically with a...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Cuckoo-shrikes (Family Campephagidae) Only seven of eight species recorded in Australia are still to be found here. The Norfolk Island Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga leucopyga, the nominate subspecies of the Long-tailed Triller, now restricted to New Caledonia,...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Darters (Family Anhingidae) The wide-roaming Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae is also recorded in Indonesia and New Guinea. It superficially resembles the cormorants, differing by having a pointed bill and long snake-like neck. Australasian Darter Birds...
