Ilfracombe QLD

Currently on a trip from Murwillumbah NSW up to Edith Falls, Kakadu NT and onto Kimberleys WA … Stopped at Ilfracombe inland QLD for brekky this morning…the sky was FILLED with Woodswallows (never seen so many in one spot) said . (Masked & White-browed from what I could see) AMAZING to see, so many you … Read more

Ilfracombe QLD

Currently on a trip from Murwillumbah NSW up to Edith Falls, Kakadu NT and onto Kimberleys WA … Stopped at Ilfracombe inland QLD for brekky this morning…the sky was FILLED with Woodswallows (never seen so many in one spot) said . (Masked & White-browed from what I could see) AMAZING to see, so many you … Read more

Red-bellied Pitta

Wikipedia tells us that: Red-bellied pitta has been split into the following species: Philippine pitta, Erythropitta erythrogaster Sula pitta, Erythropitta dohertyi Sulawesi pitta, Erythropitta celebensis Siao pitta, Erythropitta palliceps Sangihe pitta, Erythropitta caeruleitorques South Moluccan pitta, Erythropitta rubrinucha North Moluccan pitta, Erythropitta rufiventris Louisiade pitta, Erythropitta meeki Bismarck pitta, Erythropitta novaehibernicae Papuan pitta, Erythropitta macklotii … Read more

Pitta name change

Without sounding bitta about it, why are we Antipodeans last to know about, and did we have any input into, the name change fro Red-bellied to Papuan Pitta? Tears not Cheers Michael Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Apr 2017, at 2:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > … Read more

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 42, Issue 11

Without sounding bitta about it, why are we Antipodeans last to know about, and did we have any input into, the change from Redbellied to Papuan Pitta? Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Apr 2017, at 2:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@birding-aus.org > > To subscribe … Read more