Good to see some debate going on regarding this species (as has happened in
the past). The New Atlas of Australian Birds has no breeding records for
Queensland. As Queensland Facilitator and SE Queensland Co-ordinator for
the Atlas, I looked at a number of possible breeding records but they all
turned out to be Leaden Flycatchers. There were a lot of misidentifications
of Leadens as Satins during the period of the Atlas. I have looked at
Bill's photos and agree with Chris' call. For someone who is out birding
much of the time, I see very few Satin Flycatchers. Then it is usually
between late September and mid November as they are migrating. In SE
Queensland I have seen them at Samsonvale (where Tom Tarrant saw one a few
weeks ago), along the Duck Creek Road area near O'Reillys, and in the
Woodford/Bellthorpe area. We even had a male behind us a couple of years
ago which was a bit easier to identify as there was a male Leaden about two
metres away at the same time.
Females are bloody difficult!! In my experience in SE Queensland, male and
female Satin Flycatchers migrate through separately. Male & female Leadens
hang around together. I have had discussions on this in the past with
people such as Graeme Chapman.
Roy Sonnenburg
Birding Services Brisbane
www.birdingservices.com.au
Ph 07 32566952 Fax 07 32567692
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