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[[Image:Jacky-winter.jpg|thumb|450px|right|&copy; by {{user|Neil|Neil Fifer}}<br />Capertee, [[Australia]]], September 2003]]
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;[[:Category:Microeca|Microeca]] fascinans
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==Identification==
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5 to 5.5 inches (12.5 to 14 cm)
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*Sandy crown and back
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*White and brownish-grey wings and tail
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*White throat and underparts
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*Whitis [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
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*Narrow black line from [[Topography#Heads|lores]]  to behind eye
  
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;Microeca fascinans
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:Jacky-winter.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil Fifer]]
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[[Image:BF Jacky Winter flight Op.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Delia+Todd|Delia Todd}}<br />[[Bowra Sanctuary]], Cunnamulla, [[Queensland]], 8 October 2019]]
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[[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]].
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''M. f. zimmeri'':
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:*[[Papua New Guinea]] (Port Moresby area)
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*''M. f. pallida'':
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:*North and eastern [[Australia]] (north-western [[Western Australia]] to north-western [[New South Wales]])
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*''M. f. fascinans'':
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:*East Australia (Cooktown to southern [[Victoria]] and south-eastern [[South Australia]])
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*''M. f. assimilis'':
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:*Southern Australia (Shark Bay, [[Western Australia]] to south-western New South Wales)
  
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JACKY WINTER (Microeca fascinans): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
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==Habitat==
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Physical characteristics: Also called brown flycatchers, jacky winters are part of the subfamily Petroicinae. They are 5 to 5.5 inches (12.5 to 14 cm) long and weigh 0.5 to 0.65 ounces (14 to 18 grams). These birds have sand colored crowns and backs, white and brownish gray wings and tails, and white throats and undersides. Their eyes are striking, bearing a white ring over their eyes. A stripe that looks like the stroke of an artist's paintbrush in black runs from the beak, over the eye, and to the edge of the white eye ring.
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Woodlands and scrub where there are trees and an abundance of insects.
  
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Geographic range: Jacky winters are found in Australia and around Port Moresby in New Guinea. They occupy nearly all of Australia except for the desert regions, Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, and Cape York in the north.
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Jacky winters usually dive for insects from a perch and take them either on the wing while in the air or by scooping them up as they fly low over the ground.  
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Diet consists insects, beetles, worms, and insect larvae and other small invertebrates. Insects are foraged on the ground and in the air.
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====Breeding====
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Habitat: Jacky winters prefer woodlands and scrub where there are trees and an abundance of insects. They will nest in gardens and on the edges of farmlands.
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They breed in arid areas after rain.<br />
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The nest is constructed from grass and roots and is placed in a fork of a tree branch. The clutch contains 2-3  light blue eggs, blotched with lavender and brown. Incubation lasts for 16-17 days. Both parents feed the young birds for 14-17 days. There may be a second brood.
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Diet: These birds eat flying insects, beetles, worms, and insect larvae (LAR-vee), the newly hatched wingless form of insects.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Boles, W. (2020). Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/59325 on 22 February 2020)
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Behavior and reproduction: Jacky winters are not noisy birds. They stay within their local territories and often can be heard singing their repeated "peter-peter" or "jacky-jacky" songs or making whistling calls. They will often wag their tails from side to side or spread their tail feathers as a display when they feel threatened.
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Jacky winters dive for insects from a perch and take them either on the wing while in the air or by scooping them up as they fly low over the ground. Sometimes, they will stand and pounce onto their food.
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This species mates in the spring and summer months of the Southern Hemisphere, July through December. The female lays two to three light blue eggs that are blotched with lavender and brown. The nest, made of grass and roots, is built in a fork of a branch of a tree that is either living or dead. The eggs are incubated for sixteen to seventeen days. Both parents feed the young birds for fourteen to seventeen days.
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Latest revision as of 23:08, 15 April 2022

© by Neil Fifer
Capertee, Australia], September 2003
Microeca fascinans

Identification

5 to 5.5 inches (12.5 to 14 cm)

  • Sandy crown and back
  • White and brownish-grey wings and tail
  • White throat and underparts
  • Whitis supercilium
  • Narrow black line from lores to behind eye

Distribution

Photo © by Delia Todd
Bowra Sanctuary, Cunnamulla, Queensland, 8 October 2019

Australia and New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • M. f. zimmeri:
  • M. f. pallida:
  • M. f. fascinans:
  • M. f. assimilis:

Habitat

Woodlands and scrub where there are trees and an abundance of insects.

Behaviour

Diet

Diet consists insects, beetles, worms, and insect larvae and other small invertebrates. Insects are foraged on the ground and in the air.

Breeding

They breed in arid areas after rain.
The nest is constructed from grass and roots and is placed in a fork of a tree branch. The clutch contains 2-3 light blue eggs, blotched with lavender and brown. Incubation lasts for 16-17 days. Both parents feed the young birds for 14-17 days. There may be a second brood.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Boles, W. (2020). Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/59325 on 22 February 2020)

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