by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Brown Tree Snake Scientific Name: Boiga irregularis Size: Total Length 2 metres What does it look like? The Brown Tree Snake is slender, with narrow neck, distinct head and bulging eyes with vertical pupils. Two distinct colour patterns. Eastern Australian...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Brown Treecreeper Scientific Name: Climacteris picumnus Size: 16 to 19cm What does it look like? The Brown Treecreeper is the largest of Australia’s treecreepers. Mostly pale brown in plumage. The head, throat and upper breast are pale greyish-brown, while the lower...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, February 27, 2022
Budgerigar Scientific Name: Melopsittacus undulatus Size: Total Length 18cm What does it look and sound like? Since this introduction into captivity, the Budgerigar (or ‘budgie’) has been bred into a variety of colour forms, including pure white, blue, yellow, mauve,...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Bulbuls (Family Pycnonotidae) Introduced by Europeans, the Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus is a small bird with short wings and an erect crest. A previous introduction, the Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer, was established for a period but is now extinct in...
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...
