Nathanael – have you considered immature or female Satin Flycatcher? Steve
From: Nathanael Coyne [
Sent: Sunday, 14 February 2016 8:08 PM
To: COG Mailing List
Subject: [canberrabirds] Need help with ID (no photos)
Was out at Square Rock today in Namadgi and spotted three birds at the Orroral Valley Lookout;
I thought some sort of swallow or woodswallow with glossy blue on top and rufous on the chest ... though I didn't get a great look at them.
Very distinctive tail wagging.
I would recognise the call if I heard it again ... in some ways similar to the Welcome Swallow but much more organised; three sets of three notes ... and then a sort of rising trill which I can't mimic:
