Yellow Chat - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Mountainman
Roebuck Plains Station, Western Australia

Epthianura crocea

Identification

11–12 cm (4¼-4¾ in)

• Golden-yellow plumage
• Black chest band
  

Female is pale lemon yellow, and lacks chest band

Distribution

Australia: found in Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Probable female
Photo by The Magpie
Western Australia, September 2008

There are 3 subspeies^[1]

• E. c. tunneyi:

• Northern Territory (western Arnhem Land)

• E. c. crocea:

• Grassy swamps of northern Western Australia to western Queensland

• E. c. macgregori:

• Eastern Queensland (Dawson and Mackenzie River basins). Extinct?

Habitat

Shrublands and grasslands around water sources in semi-arid areas. Salt lakes, muddy margins of crocodile-infested freshwater lagoons.

Behaviour

Diet

Juvenile male
Photo by Mat & Cathy
Harrison Dam, near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, September 2005

The diet consists of insects, beetles, caterpillars and moths.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow Chat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 July 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow_Chat

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