Magpie-lark

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Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3441 20240409 - cyanoleuca female on left, male on right. CLICK for another pic.

Notes: Giant monarch. Bold black & white plumage, differing for male (black face & forehead,
white supercilium, thin white arc under eye) and female (white face, throat). Whitish iris; long,
strong legs & fairly long, thin bill. Ssp neglecta smaller than nominate, w. wing & tail of male
shorter, bill relatively longer. Aggressive and noisy, loud metallic peewee-peewee often as a duet.
Forages for invertebrates on the ground in open vegetation near water.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©

Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_8221 20180311 - cyanoleuca male on left, female on right.

Australind, SW WA IMG_8333 20181021 - cyanoleuca male at mud nest. CLICK for pic with chick.

Karkarook Park, Moorabbin, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3094 20211022 - cyanoleuca female

Coconut Grove, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_5593 20220127 - cyanoleuca juvenile: dark iris, yellow gape, dull mixed
male/female facial pattern. CLICK for adult male, adult female, older juvenile female, juvenile (again).

Elsternwick Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_1857 20211002 - cyanoleuca juvenile attended by adult male parent.

Gibb River Road, NW WA IMG_9897 20180827 - neglecta female

Gibb River Road, NW WA IMG_9909 20180827 - neglecta male CLICK for female.

Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_7591 20180814 - neglecta male

Cairns North, FN Qld MVI_2470 20180516 - cyanoleuca male on L, female on R

Australind, SW WA MVI_8331+8332 20181021 - cyanoleuca male then female at nest w. chick