Northern and eastern Australia: central-eastern Northern Territory (sparse) and Queensland W
of Great Divide and south of c. 20° southern (though few records in south-west) south,
on and west of Great Divide, to northern Victoria.
From northern Queensland to southern Victoria, mainly in the sub-interior.
Nest
Small, cup-shaped, composed of fine rootlets and fiber and bound with cobweb, placed in the outermost drooping branches of a eucalypt, alaleuca or casuarina, usually 3 - 20 m above the ground. Often the nest appears very fragile with the eggs being visible from beneath.
Eggs (Guide)
2; salmon-pink, with small spots of red-brown and lilac, particularly at the larger end; oval; about 20 x 15 mm. Incubation: about 14 - 15 days; by both sexes.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 12 - 14 days.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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