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Description
Size: Length: 150-200 mm.
Identification: Upper parts of this bird are blue-grey. Wing quills are very dark brown to black. Forehead, lores and throat are black and the rest of the underparts are dark rufous.
Call/Song: Loud, churring whistling call, why-you-wichye-ou. Also makes other creaks and chatterings.
sound: Dave Stewart -used with permission
Distribution
Found throughout eastern Australia, from Cape York south to the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria.
Habitat: Dwells in rainforest, wet broad-leafed forests and denser eucalypt forests, damp gullies, mangroves and sometimes in open woodlands.
Behaviour
Feeding: Diet comprised of insects and spiders, which it catches on the wing.
Breeding/Nesting: Breeds October through January. Nest cup to pear-shaped and is made of thick green moss layed on stronger plant material.
Movement: Usually seen in pairs or alone. Is a migratory bird that arrives at the rainforest in spring.
Other Common Names: Black- faced flycatcher, carinated flycatcher, pearly-winged flycatcher.
Local Information
Distribution: Can be easily spotted in rainforest areas.
Abundance:Very common during spring and summer, absent during other times.
References
Reader’s Digest Services (1979) Reader’s Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds, Surry Hills, NSW.
Nielsen, L (1991) Birds of Lamington National Park and Envrions, Beudesert Times, Queensland.