Wednesday, July 1, 2015

CHESTNUT-RUMPED HEATHWREN

Photographed on the Junction Trail, Girraween National Park, Queensland, July 2015
630            CHESTNUT-RUMPED HEATHWREN              Hylacola pyrrhopygia

Australia              (473)

13.5-14 cm. Found in heathy woodlands, scrublands, box/ironbark forests. Range:  coastal se Aust., from e Q. to se SA; inland to Warrumbungle NP-Narrandera (NSW), Rutherglen-Inglewood-n. Grampians NP (Vic); in Sa isolated population , s. Flinders Ras-Mt Lofty Ras-Fleurieu Pen. Uncommon.