Pilotbird

Pycnoptilus floccosus

Tarra-Bulga NP, SE Vic IMG_4414 20190303 - sandlandi

Notes: Rich rufous-brown ground dweller of wet forests and coastal scrub with abundant debris.
Dark red iris. Tail often elevated, flicked in courting displays. Ssp sandlandi differs only slightly
from nominate floccosus, w. shorter wing, tail & bill, paler plumage. Locally common, sedentary.

Range from Morcombe©