Eastern Bluebonnet
Northiella haematogaster
Patchewollock-Wyperfeld Road, W Vic IMG_2035 20230606 - haematogaster
yellow undertail & vent, golden shoulders.Male on R, female (less red on belly) on L. CLICK for a video of them.
Notes: Mostly olive-brown w. blue face, yellow belly, long graduated
pale tail. Female slightly
duller, has less red on belly. Ssp haematogaster
Yellow-vented Bluebonnet w. golden
shoulders, yellow undertail; haematorrhous
Red-vented Bluebonnet w. red shoulders, vent &
undertail patchy to solid red;
pallescens Pallid Bluebonnet is like nominate haematogaster,
paler
below. Feeds on ground of mallee and eucalypt woodlands, tall shrublands.
Range from Morcombe©(modified). Substantial integration between subspecies in overlap regions.
Pink Lakes N, Murray-Sunset NP, W Vic IMG_6780 20181211 - haematogaster yellow under. CLICK for a rear view.
Patchewollock-Wyperfeld Road, W Vic IMG_2098 20230606 - haematogaster male. CLICK for another scene.
Casuarina Camp, Wyperfeld NP, W Vic IMG_9069 20210415 - haematogaster CLICK for another.
Patchewollock-Wyperfeld Road, W Vic IMG_2050 20230606 - haematogaster CLICK for another pair flying.
Gilgunnia, C NSW IMG_1853 20161015 - haematorrhous (mostly) red undertail but some yellow patches there.CLICK for another view.
Bowra Sanctuary, Cunnumulla, S Qld IMG_6633 20180618 - pallescens pale yellow undertail. CLICK for another view.
Patchewollock-Wyperfeld Road, W Vic IMG_2363 20230606 - haematogaster pair, male on Left, in strong wind.
Casuarina Camp, Wyperfeld NP, W Vic IMG_9072 20210415 - haematogaster
Wyperfeld NP, C Vic MVI_7459 20170523 - haematogaster bathing w. Red-rump Parrots.