Yellow-throated Scrubwren
Neosericornis citreogularis
Mt Lewis, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_3572 20201208 - cairnsi male
Notes: Often w.
White-browed Scrubwren. Male: eye red-brown in black mask; long supercilium
white in front of eye grading to yellow behind eye; prominent yellow throat; longish
pink legs.
Female: duller, brown mask. Ssp cairnsi above 300m: smaller,
darker above, pale yellow belly;
female more mottled on belly. Ssp intermedius
less yellow on belly. Hopping briskly on leaf mould
of gloomy understorey of
coastal/mountain rainforests woodlands, gullies; often near water.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)
May Cairncross Res., Maleny, SE Qld IMG_4133 20190708 - intermedius female
O'Reilly's, Lamington NP, SE Qld IMG_2065 20220317 - intermedius female. CLICK for pic of a male 20190702.
Mount Glorious, SE Qld IMG_3131 20220326 - intermedius male
Malanda, FNE Qld IMG_9222 20180320 - cairnsi male (L) and female (R). CLICK for pic of male.
Feathers'n'Friends, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_5987 20231125 - cairnsi male. CLICK for female w. bug in mouth.
Mt Lewis, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_1804 20190814 - cairnsi male. CLICK for another pic.
Possum Valley, nr Mt Hypipamee, FNE Qld IMG_1408 20201104 - cairnsi female. CLICK for a male on the previous day.
Mt Glorious, SE Qld MVI_3589 20190704 - intermedius male
Mt Lewis, Julatten, FNE Qld MVI_1810+1821 20190814 - cairnsi male