Long-tailed Finch

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Barker River, Mt Hart Road, King Leopold Ranges, N WA IMG_9825 20180827 - acuticauda pair. CLICK for one.

Notes: Grey-headed grass-finch. Long wirey central tail feathers. Large black throat-patch.
Rump, underparts white. Nominate ssp acuticauda bill orange-yellow; ssp hecki bill orange-red.
Female similar but shorter tail. Juvenile: duller; black bill. Cf Masked Finch. In grassy woodlands
near water. Forages on ground & in grasses. Sedentary.

Range from Morcombe^©(modified)

Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_7335 20180814 - acuticauda CLICK for another.

Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_7039 20180814 - acuticauda with Double-barred Finch. CLICK for another, drinking.

Nitmiluk NP, C NT IMG_2115 20180721 - hecki CLICK for pic of another.

Lawn Hill, FNW Qld IMG_0374 20160904 - hecki extreme red bill. CLICK for a bird on Buchanan Highway, Timber Creek,
NW NT 20180806.

Anbangbang Billabong, Kakadu NP, N NT IMG_5109 20180804 - hecki juvenile: dark bill. CLICK for another view.

Lake Argyle Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_5109 20180810 - acuticauda juvenile: dark bill.

Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA MVI_7187 20180814 - acuticauda

Barker Rd, Mt Hart Rd, Ling Leopold Ranges, N WA MVI_9823 20180827 - acuticauda