Fotogalleri

Beskrivelse: Endemic to North-Australia. And not 'very' common. To me the 'attitude & expresion' of this bird did not fit well with the drawings in the field guides. Birds of Australia shows a 'sparrow-like ground active, compact bird' but reality was an active, slender bird much of the time with the tail raised in a wren-like way. Low in the vegetation, but not seen on the ground. So ID was not so obvious as one would imagine considering the distinct color pattern. Not a 'once in a life-time bird' to twitch; but on the other hand I will never forget this first meeting with BSR :-)

Beskrivelse: Seen in open woodland near Fitzroy River. Subspecies is not clear since birds from this area shows clear intermediate between northern and southern populations of presumably ssp. <i>normani</i> og ssp. <i>melanops</i> - since undertail coverts are not pure black or white - but shows a 'mix' - look at the other uploaded picture. 'Birds of Australia' calls the mix of ssp. a 'hybrid'.

Beskrivelse: Seen in open woodland near Fitzroy River. Subspecies is not clear since birds from this area shows clear intermediate between northern and southern populations of presumably ssp. <i>normani</i> og ssp. <i>melanops</i> - since undertail coverts are not pure black or white - but shows a 'mix'. 'Birds of Australia' calls the mix of ssp. a 'hybrid'.