Red Wattlebird juv?

[John Brown <>]

 

My take on the bird in the attached photos is that it is a juvenile Red Wattlebird. Is that right? Note: no white on face, no sign of wattle, broad heavy stripes on breast but plain white (no yellow) on belly (which rules out a Little Wattlebird of any age?). If it is a juv Red Wattlebird then it's even younger than the juv. illustrated in Simpson and Day which has white face and yellow belly.

 

I observed it in Cook in the absence of any lorikeets in the usual trees (-35.261512,149.069213) at 6:15pm Saturday 1st Feb, 2014. Several Superb  Parrots though, just up the hill a bit.

 

John

 

 

 

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John Brown

 

 

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