Yep, that's what I said too.
On 4 September 2017 at 11:06, Mike Carter <> wrote:
> It's a Rufous Songlark.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike Carter, 03 5977 1262
> 181/160 Mornington-Tyabb Road
> Mornington, VIC 3931, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf
> Of
> Jason Polak
> Sent: 3 September 2017 5:07 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] A Mysterious Grassbird
>
> Dear List,
>
> My wife and I recently took a trip to the Top End. We did Darwin to Kakadu
> to Pine Creek and back to Darwin. We saw about 60 "lifers" and around 85 in
> total. For those interested in the total list we saw (some of my favourites
> are: Black Bittern, Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Hooded Parrot, Northern
> Rosella, Partridge Pigeon), I included the complete list at the end of the
> email!
>
> However, I have a more pressing concern. There is a single bird we're
> having
> real trouble with. We saw a grassbird of some kind at Mamukala
> wetlands:
>
> http://jpolak.org/tmp/someGrassbird.jpg
>
> I am not sure what it is (these grassbirds always give me trouble!).
> After scouring the internet for dozens of pictures, I believe it is a
> female
> Rufous Songlark. Can anyone help me with this? The picture isn't the
> greatest quality but I believe it shows quite a few identification
> features,
> and is the only one I got.
>
> Most Sincerely,
> Jason
>
> List of birds for top end trip:
>
> 1 Arafura Fantail
> 2 Australasian Darter
> 3 Australian Figbird
> 4 Australian Pelican
> 5 Australian White Ibis
> 6 Australian Wood Duck
> 7 Azure Kingfisher
> 8 Bar-shouldered Dove
> 9 Black Bittern
> 10 Black Kite
> 11 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
> 12 Black-necked Stork
> 13 Blue-faced Honeyeater
> 14 Blue-winged Kookaburra
> 15 Brolga
> 16 Brown Honeyeater
> 17 Brush Cuckoo
> 18 Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon
> 19 Cockatiel
> 20 Comb-crested Jacana
> 21 Crimson Finch
> 22 Double-barred Finch
> 23 Eastern Curlew
> 24 Forest Kingfisher
> 25 Galah
> 26 Glossy Ibis
> 27 Great Bowerbird
> 28 Great Egret
> 29 Green Pygmy Goose
> 30 Grey-crowned Babbler
> 31 Helmeted Friarbird
> 32 Hooded Parrot
> 33 Intermediate Egret
> 34 Large-billed Gerygone
> 35 Leaden Flycatcher
> 36 Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
> 37 Little Corella
> 38 Little Friarbird
> 39 Little Pied Cormorant
> 40 Long-tailed Finch
> 41 Magpie Goose
> 42 Magpie-Lark
> 43 Masked Finch
> 44 Masked Lapwing
> 45 Nankeen Night Heron
> 46 Northern Rosella
> 47 Orange-footed Scrubfowl
> 48 Orange-footed Scrubfowl
> 49 Partridge Pigeon
> 50 Peaceful Dove
> 51 Pheasant Coucal
> 52 Pied Butcherbird
> 53 Pied Heron
> 54 Pied Stilt
> 55 Pink Eared Duck
> 56 Plumed Whistling Duck
> 57 Purple Swamphen
> 58 Radjah Shelduck
> 59 Rainbow Bee-eater
> 60 Red-backed Kingfisher
> 61 Red-capped Plover
> 62 Red-collared Lorikeet
> 63 Red-headed Honeyeater
> 64 Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
> 65 Red-winged Parrot
> 66 Royal Spoonbill
> 67 Rufous Owl
> 68 Rufous Whistler
> 69 Sacred Kingfisher
> 70 Shining Flycatcher
> 71 Silver Gull
> 72 Spangled Drongo
> 73 Straw-necked Ibis
> 74 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
> 75 Torresian Crow
> 76 Torresian Imperial Pigeon
> 77 Varied Triller
> 78 Wandering Whistling Duck
> 79 Whistling Kite
> 80 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
> 81 White-bellied Sea Eagle
> 82 White-breasted Woodswallow
> 83 White-gaped Honeyeater
> 84 White-throated Honeyeater
> 85 Willie Wagtail
>
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