DSC_2512 Hornbill friarbird (Philemon buceroides yorki) this is the 'helmeted friarbird' of Cape York Peninsula and coastal north-eastern Queensland - sometimes considered a subspecies, or even a full species. Kuranda National Park, Queensland *
DSC_1830 Noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) the density of noisy miner populations has significantly increased particularly in human-dominated habitats. The popularity of nectar-producing garden plants such as the large-flowered grevilleas was thought to play a role in its proliferation, but it has also benefited from landscaping practices that create open areas dominated by eucalypts. Gold Coast *
DSC_1814 Black-backed magpie (Cracticus tibicen tibicen) a rare subspecies found in the lower North Island. Now considered closely related to butcherbirds, magpies were once placed in their own genus (Gymnorhina). Male singing in suburban street. Hastings *
