Varied Triller
Lalage leucomela
Redwood Park, Toowoomba, SE Qld IMG_2710 - leucomela male. Pale below
w. fine faint barring, two white wing-bars,& pale orange undertail. CLICK for one at Chelmans Road, Dalrympal Heights, Eungella, NE Qld 20200811.
Notes: Male leucomela greenish-black crown & upperparts,
rump grey. Female: grey upperparts.
Cf
White-winged Triller — stouter, larger headed, white supercilium, orange-rufous
area on under-
tail-coverts, two bold white wingbars & more heavily barred belly.
Ssp yorki black above, unbarred
white below, female dusky-grey above and
greyish-white below; macrura undertail-coverts less
rich buff than
rufiventris, which female is greyish-brown above and buff below.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart© In tropical & subtropical rainforest, mangroves, & gardens.
Cape Hillsborough, Mackay, NE Qld IMG_1595 20200809 - leucomela female: ashy-brown upperparts, underpartswhitish to fawn-buff w. variable barring, pale orange undertail coverts.
Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_6963 20190913 - yorki female: ashy-brown above, variable whitish to fawn-buffbelow w. blackish barring.
Archer Point, Cooktown, CYP, FNE Qld IMG_5624 20171012 - yorki likely immature: flecking on crown.
Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_5019 20230730 - yorki male: black above, clean white below; paler rufous undertail-coverts.
Crystal Cascades, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_0158 20180414 - yorki male: black above, unbarred white below, paler rufousundertail-coverts.
Archer Point, Cooktown, CYP, FNE Qld IMG_5607 20171012 - yorki likely juvenile: brownish above, undertail rufous, butonly one wing-bar evident.
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, N NT IMG_4077 20180729 - rufiventris male: black above, grey-white w. dark barring below.
Ubirr, Kakadu, NE NT IMG_3334 20180727 - rufiventris female: greyish-brown above & buff below w. dark barring.
Cassowary House, Kuranda, FNE Qld IMG_8085+8177 20191128 - yorki male
Cape Hillsborough, Mackay, NE Qld IMG_1610 20200809 - leucomela female