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Photo by peterday
Standley Chasm, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, July 2016
Poodytes carteri

Megalurus carteri, Eremiornis carteri

Identification

15cm

  • Brownish unstreaked wings and back
  • Rufous crown and nape
  • Whitish throat and breast grading to buff undertail covers and flanks
  • Long, wedge-tipped tail, brown

Sexes similar

Distribution

Spinifex regions of north-central Australia (Pilbara to north-western Queensland).

Taxonomy

Photo by Mat & Cathy
Santa Teresa Road, near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, April 2010

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Deserts

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BirdForum Member observations

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