Hey guys and gals.
Just a couple of photos from my bike riding adventures around Kununurra last weekend. The Red-backed Fairy-wren had a female with him and they were preening each other but I just couldn't get a decent shot of it, guess i'll just have to try again this weekend.
Cheers.
That's interesting, KingBrown, the red-backed fairy wren is a very different red to our local ones - they are almost a deep orange rather than the scarlet yours shows.
Are the others an Olive-backed Oriole and Plumed Whistling Ducks?
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
G'day Timmo.
Yeah they are Plumed Whistling Ducks which are less common in Kununurra than their Wandering brethren (at least from my observations). The other one is actually a Yellow Oriole. I hear their call around town all the time but they're always hard to find. Apparently we do get Olive-backs here too but I haven't seen one yet.
you found some beautiful birds on your bike ride ... thanks for posting. The plumed ducks are very striking birds.
the BARC (Birds Australia Rarieties Committee) checklist that follows the IOC checklist uses the name Green Oriole - seems more logical to me as I can't see any yellow on that bird and I have sighted them in Darwin myself and again no yellow. I wonder if the first namers were confused with the A'asian Figbird up there that is yellow?
Peter