Any photos for the unlucky ones, of us, to see????
Yours in all things "green"
Regards
John Harris
President, Victorian Association for Environmental Education (VAEE)
Environmental Education Officer
Donvale Christian College
155 Tindals Rd Donvale 3111
03 9844 2471
0409 090 955
>>> Peter Lansley <> 15/12/2007 7:30 am >>>
Hi all,
further to Mike's post yesterday, I have seen the photo and had time to
check the quality references (especially Frank Lambert's Pittas
monograph) and it is clear the bird is a Fairy Pitta, as identified
originally. This will be a first for Australia pending acceptance by
BARC. Key features to tell it from Blue-winged are the paler creamy-buff
supercilium flanked by a broader chestnut coronal stripe, small, paler
blue wing patch visible in the folded wing, the lesser extent of red on
the lower belly and undertail coverts and the paler underparts. A
smaller white primary patch (probably comparable in size to that of a
Forest Kingfisher) would be visible in flight, but is not visible in the
photo. Well done to those who found and reported this rarity,
Australia's fifth species of Pitta.
Cheers, Peter.
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