Ben,
When I lived in Townsville, late 80s to early 00s, I saw Brown Songlark
regularly (seasonally?) at Giru (between Townsville and Ayr) and locations on
the coastal plain south of there. Never found it in Townsville, but had a
couple of records at 'The Orient' , on the coastal plain south-east of Ingham.
Have never heard of any records north of there, until now.
David James,
Sydney
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From: Ben Bright <>
To: "" <>
Sent: Tuesday, 13 December 2011 5:40 PM
Subject: brown songlark - Weipa airport
A single male non breeding brown songlark was observed beside the Weipa
airstrip yesterday. Due to the plumage pattern and general range of the
species, I was very unsure of its identity and had to rush home and find
cameras etc. Some poor photos were taken (in diminishing light with
thunderstorms looming), but Mike Carter has confirmed the id - Thanks Mike!
The bird was still there this morning and airport security actually drove us to
within a few metres of the bird to obtain excellent photos! I was hoping for
some rare vagrant, but BS is still a rare bird for here.
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