Victoria's Riflebird

Ptiloris victoriae

Property, Lake Eacham, Crater Lakes NP, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_2300 20200604 - adult male. CLICK for one w. berry at
Chambers Resort, Lake Eacham, FNE Qld, 20231124.

Notes: Smallest riflebird. Adult male breast-shield metallic blue-green, small like Paradise
Riflebird. Adult female cinnamon-tinged underparts, dark brown speckling on breast, barring on
flanks; belly, undertail hardly marked. Juvenile has broad rufous fringes to wing feathers.
Male displays on top of broken vertical trunk. In tropical rainforests.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©

Property, Malanda, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_9197 20180320 - adult female Property, Malanda, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_8865 20220220 - adult male. CLICK for another. Chambers Resort, Lake Eacham, FNE Qld IMG_5642 20231124 - adult male. CLICK for another view. Teahouse, Barrine Lake, Crater Lakes NP, Tablelands, FN Qld MVI_8466 20161004 - young male practicing Property, Lake Eacham, Crater Lakes NP, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_2276 20200604 - young adult female Henrietta Creek Camp, Wooroonooran NP, FNE Qld IMG_8954 20220221 Carpark, Crystal Cascades, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_0124 20180414 - juvenile: broad rufous fringes to wing feathers Property, Lake Eacham, Crater Lakes NP, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_2332 20200604 - adult male being hopeful Lake Morris Road, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_5782 20200401 - adult female Teahouse, Barrine Lake, Crater Lakes NP, Tablelands, FN Qld MVI_8150 20161003 - young males practicing their moves

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