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Female on left, Male on Right
Photo by Hans&Judy Beste
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, May 1986



Psephotellus chrysopterygius

Psephotus chrysopterygius

Identification

26 cm

Distribution

Graphic by Nrg800

North-eastern Australia (interior southern Cape York Peninsula)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Sparsly timbered woodland savannah. The seem to like sitting on termite mounds.

Behaviour

Diet

They mainly eat small grass seeds.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)

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