Uncommon. Mainly sedentary but some locally nomdic or migratory, probably altitudinal.
Habitat
Coastal and near-costal rainforests, especially drier and open associations, and dry and wet sclerophyll forests. Also in areas between dense and more open vegetation.
Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of moss and plant fiber, heavily bound with cobweb, lined with fine peices of palm-fiber and hair-like fern stems, built into an upright fork of a small shrub, usually 10 - 20 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2; smooth, white, spotted with shades of red-brown evenly all over or at the larger end; blunt-oval; about 19 x 13 mm. Incubation: about 14 days; by both sexes.
Young
Probably altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 14 days.
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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
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