Bower's Shrike-thrush

Colluricincla bowerii

Wongabel State Park, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_9030 20180319 - female: rufous lores, eyering; grey bill

Notes: Large grey head, grey mantle. Male: slate-grey upperparts, underparts rufous-orange,
sparsely streaked grey down to upper breast; face, lores pale grey; large black bill. Female:
rufous lores, eye-ring & supercilium; grey bill. Juvenile: dark brown-grey above w. distinct
rufous supercilium; pink bill. Upland rainforests in wet tropics, mostly above 400 m altitude.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©

Malanda, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_1172 20190811 - male: no rufous in face; heavy black bill Wongabel State Park, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_9031 20180319 - female Abbatoir Swamp NP, Julatten, FN Qld IMG_2625 20230327 - male. CLICK for a younger one there (yellow gape). Wongabel State Park, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_9106 20180319 - immature: retained rufous coverts Mt Lewis, Julatten, FN Qld IMG_4032 20171008 - juvenile: pink bill Lt Lewis, Julatten, FN Qld MVI_3663 20151107 Mt Lewis, Julatten, FN Qld MVI_3879+3880 20171007

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