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Male
Photo by nrg800
Wombeyan Caves, New South Wales, December 2009
Callocephalon fimbriatum

Identification

Females have a dark head and yellow spots.

Distribution

Female
Photo by woom
Mt Buffalo, Victoria, November 2013

Coastal strip in south-east Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Photo by shutterbug_07
Beecroft, New South Wales, July 2013

Woodland, often of the cooler and wetter variety. Suburban bushland.

Behaviour

Often inconspicuous, hidden in foliage, and best discovered by the sounds of breaking seed capsules.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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