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Photo by Tannin
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Alternative name: Lemon-bellied Flycatcher

Microeca flavigaster

[edit] Identification

Bill and legs dark grey. Upperparts are dull olive, and underparts are washed lemon with the exception of a white throat. Lores are whitish, but the eye-brow that is shown in some field guides cannot be seen on all photos, and if shown varies from whitish to yellowish. The tail is lightly forked.

[edit] Distribution

Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

[edit] Taxonomy

Seven subspecies are recognized: flavigaster, tarara, laeta, terraereginae, flavissima, laetissima, and tormenti. Several of these have been proposed for splitting into monotypic species (but this is not widely accepted); for example would tormenti become Brown-tailed Flyrobin.

[edit] Habitat

Forests and mangrove forests

[edit] Behaviour

Behave exactly as Australian Robins do: perching in some prominent but ill-lit location, scanning the ground for tasty morsels and keeping beautifully still for the camera.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID