Australasian Figbird
Sphecotheres vieilloti
Gympie, SE Qld IMG_0971 20151022 - vieilloti male: red
facial patch; grey, citrine underparts. CLICK for pic of youngmale: female colours, developing red facial patch. Griffin, SE Qld 20151020.
Notes: Stocky. Male head glossy black, large facial patch bright
red during breeding. Underparts'
colour: nominate vieilloti grey &
citrine; flaviventris yellow wash, grey mantle extends onto sides
of
breast; ashbyi bright yellow & hindcollar/mantle olive-green. Female dull
brownish above, &
white below w. strong dark streaking. Common around
fruiting trees, and in parks.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)
Cungulla, EC Qld IMG_1777 20151027 - vieilloti female
Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_4291 20210304 - flaviventris male. CLICK for another: Centenary Lakes, Cairns North,FNE Qld 20180520.
Feathers&Friends, Julatten, FNE IMG_0214 20201027 - flaviventris female. CLICK for another. Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld20200530.
Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_8114 20230901 - flaviventris male. CLICK for one at Cemetery, Cairns North 20231118.
Golf Course, Yorky's Knob, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_2127 20230318 - flaviventris female and male. CLICK for another pic.
East Point, Darwin, N NT IMG_4483 20180730 - ashbyi male: underparts bright yellow. CLICK for another. Howard SpringsNature Park, N NT 20180729.
Howard Springs Nature Park, N NT IMG_4214 20180729 - ashbyi female. CLICK for juvenile. Buffalo Creek, Darwin, N NT20180731.
Cairns North, FN Qld MVI_6723 20190909 - flaviventris male
Esplanade, Cairns, FN Qld MVI_3896 20190826 - flaviventris/i> male - very bright colours.
Cairns North, FN Qld MVI_6805+6806 20191121 - flaviventris female