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Crested Shrike-tit |
Sightings
Spotted by us for the first time in April 2006, 20 km south of Narrabri, New South Wales - if it had not been for the characteristic sound of tearing bark, we would have missed noticing a male Crested Shrike-tit.
Spotted again in the same area in November 2006.
Then spotted again in November 2006 in the Dorrigo National Park, northern New South Wales.
Also sighted in March 2007, 30 km north of Coonabarabran.
In January 2008 spotted 30 km east of Narrabri, in the foothills of the Nandewar Range. Here the calls of a male marking its territory were heard. Repeated sightings throughout January/February 2008 in the same area. Heard again in the same area in early August 2008.
Photos
Male Crested Shrike-tit ("frontatus") 20 km south of Narrabri, New South Wales
Another male, spotted 30 km north of Coonabarabran
Lateral view of the same bird displaying its crest