Rufous Songlark

Megalurus mathewsi

27km from Carnarvon, NW WA IMG_5458 20181001 - male breeding: black bill

Notes: Similar appearance to smaller Australian Pipit but no white on tail feathers. Rufous rump &
uppertail coverts; a dark line through the eye; a pale eyebrow & pale underparts. Male bill, gape
& inside mouth black when breeding, grey-pink in non-breeding plumage, like female. Male much
smaller than Brown Songlark. Female much smaller still. Voice: "witchy-wee witchy-woo" and trills.
In lightly timbered habitats w. grassy understorey. Nomadic.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©(modified)

Woodstock, NE Qld IMG_1373 20200806 - female?: much smaller than male; pale bill Wooramel, NW WA IMG_5678 20181002 - male breeding: black bill. CLICK for another male? Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, FN Qld IMG_0893 20210509 - male w. Black-faced Woodswallow behind. CLICK for another pic. Chiltern North Camp, NE Vic IMG_4616 20170104 - male breeding: black bill Collie Farm Stay, Mirianvale, E Qld IMG_1289 20220308 - juvenile: buff supercillium, eye-stripe 27km from Carnarvon, NW WA IMG_5483 20181001 - juvenile: buff supercillium, eye-stripe, pale bill Wooramel, NW WA MVI_5672 20181002 - male breeding: bill, gape, inside mouth black Big Red area, Birdsville, SW Qld IMG_5724 20200918 Chiltern North Camp, NE Vic MVI_4618 20170104 - male breeding plumage

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