Crimson Chat
Epthianura tricolor
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8792 20190928 - breeding male
Notes: Red upper-tail coverts in all plumages.
Some red or pink in underpart
feathers except juvenile. Two
long curved wing-bars. Female has 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©
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8765 20190928 - breeding female w. nesting material
Old Andado, SE NT IMG_8532 20160610 - breeding female & male
Near Carnarvon, NW WA IMG_5466 20181001 - juvenile
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8732 20190928 - breeding male
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8784 20190928
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