Crimson Chat
Epthianura tricolor
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8792 20190928 - male in breeding plumage. CLICK for another.
Notes: Red upper-tail coverts in all plumages. Some red or pink in underpart
feathers except
juvenile. Two long curved wing-bars. Female mostly brown above, no red on crown.
Male has
full (breeding) or traces (non-breeding or immature) of red cap. Sedentary.
In saltmarshes,
coastal dunes, inland samphire flats.
Range from Morcombe©
Big Red area, Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_5705 20200918 - female w. food.
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8765 20190928 - immature male (traces of red on crown) w. nesting material
Big Red area, Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_5709 20200918 - juvenile (yellow gape) and adult female. CLICK for another.
Big Red area, Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_5679 20200918 - juvenile (yellow gape). CLICK for another: Near Carnarvon, NW WAIMG_5466 20181001.
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8732 20190928 - breeding male
Big Red area, Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_5648 20200918 - male: note long wing bars.
Big Red area, Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_5746 20200918 - female: note two long wing bars.
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8798 20190928 - breeding male
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8795+8797 20190928 - breeding female
Simpson Desert Crossing, NE SA MVI_8316 20180702 - female