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Wooleen Station, Murchison, W WA IMG_6545 20181006 - roseicapilla: whitish orbital ring; male: dark brown iris.
CLICK for female: pinkish-red iris.

Notes: Grey & pink plumage. Male dark brown iris, female pinkish-red iris, juvenile white orbital
skin. Nominate ssp roseicapilla broad crest, whitish orbital skin, pink cheeks, paler hindneck.
albiceps white cap, pink orbital skin. kuhli smaller; narrow crest; variable deep pink orbital skin.
Active. noisy. Mostly forages on the ground for seeds of grasses, herbs, tubers and larvae.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©(corrected)

Walkers Crossing, NE SA IMG_7630 20180627 - albiceps: pink orbital skin; male: dark brown iris.

Noonbah Station, SW Qld IMG_4461 20200911 - albiceps: pink orbital skin; female: pinkish-red iris.

Purni Bore, W Simpson Desert, NE SA IMG_1517 20180705 - albiceps flock landing. CLICK for two males flying: Ricketts
Point, Beaumaris, S Vic 20231229.

Bunjil's Lookout, Maude, SC Vic IMG_4024+4036 20240105 - albiceps male leading female in flight. CLICK for two males
flying: Ricketts Point, Beaumaris, S Vic 20231229.

Koonalda Homestead, Nullarbor NP, S SA IMG_3461 20181122 - albiceps male. CLICK for female: Black Rock, Melbourne,
S Vic 20210806.

Bowra Sanctuary, Cunnamulla, S Qld IMG_6014 20180616 - albiceps female in centre, male on right.

Bough Shed Hole, Bladensburg NP, Winton, NC Qld IMG_3693 20180530 - kuhli female.

Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, FNW Qld IMG_5366 20170821 - kuhli male & female

Innot Hot Springs, FNE Qld IMG_3576 20200613 - kuhli male. CLICK for a closeup of head: dark brownish iris for male.
Deep pink orbital skin for kuhli.

Wooramel, NW WA MVI_5630+5636 20181002 - roseicapilla male feeding chick x 3

Alice Springs, S NT MVI_0771 20160622 - kuhli juvenile

Waratah Bay, S Vic MVI_7229 20110127 - albiceps male, female