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 | Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Drongos (Family: Dicruridae) A single non-endemic species in Australia, with the north-eastern not believed to breed outside Australia. Slender birds with strongly curved upper mandible, ringing calls, stiff rictal bristles and prominent “fish-tail”. Spangled Drongo...
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...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Logrunners (Family Orthonychidae) Ground-dwelling, thrush-like birds with strong legs and feet for digging in leaf litter. The feathers of the relatively short tail end with sharp tips. Both Australian species are endemic, the Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii...
