White-bellied Emerald (Chlorestes candida)
IDENTIFICATION - The White-bellied Emerald (Chlorestes candida) resembles the Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanocephala) but it is smaller and has all white underparts. It has...
Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre)
Habitat: Cicadabirds (Edolisoma tenuirostre) utter sporadic bursts throughout the day only when they advertise or signal their territory during breeding season. Often several hundred...
Yellow-spotted honeyeater (Meliphaga notate)
Yellow-spotted honeyeaters (Meliphaga notate) are endemic to northern and eastern Queensland in Australia. This bird is also known as Lesser Lewin Honeyeater which lives...
Mangrove Robin (Peneothello pulverulenta)
Habitat: Mangrove Robin (Peneothello pulverulenta) lives primarily in mangroves along the coast and estuaries of northern Australia, where it prefers the denser, lower, mallee-like...
Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia)
Habitat: A ground bird of heathier Mallee, the Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia) is thrush-like in form and behavior. In fact, some recent classifications have...
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata)
Little wattlebirds (Anthochaera chrysoptera) belong to the Meliphagidae family of honeyeaters. Little Wattlebirds have replaced Brush Wattlebirds in southwestern Australia; they have long been...
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher – A Pinnacle of Avian Elegance
Habitat: Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (Microeca flavigaster) habitat is forests across tropical northern Australia. It can be found in the semi-moist areas of paperbark Melaleuca, eucalypt...
Grey Honeyeater (Conopophila whitei)
A lesser-known bird in Australia, the Grey Honeyeater (Conopophila whitei) is most often overlooked. Western central Australia's mulga belt is home to this honeyeater....
Little Shrike-thrush – The Bird That Stole Our Hearts
Habitat: Little Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha) is a sedentary bird of closed-canopied vine forests, such as rainforests in northeastern Queensland, monsoon jungles in northwestern Australia,...
White-breasted Whistler – Nature’s Melodic Maestro
Family: The white-breasted Whistler (Pachycephala lanioides) belongs to the family Pachycephalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Habitat: The White-breasted Whistler is an imposing whistler and one...