Photo © by Mike Bouette
Kanandah Station, near Naretha, Western Australia, Australia, 19 September 2019
Kanandah Station, near Naretha, Western Australia, Australia, 19 September 2019
- Northiella narethae
Identification
- Blue forehead
- Buff flecks on breast
- Olive upperparts
- Yellow belly with red undertail-coverts
- Red outher lesser wing-coverts
Sexes similar, females are duller than males and with blue flight feathers.
Distribution
South-eastern Western Australia (Nullarbor Plain) to south-western South Australia
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Greater Bluebonnet.
Habitat
Open woodland, not always near water.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects and larvae, also grass, shrub and tree seeds, herbaceous plants, nuts, berries, fruit and vegetable matter.
Breeding
They nest in hollow limbs or trunks. The clutch consists of 4-7 white eggs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- ozanimals
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Naretha Bluebonnet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Naretha_Bluebonnet
