Endemic to Australia...in drier
open forests and coastal swamp
forests...widely found.
Plectorhyncha lanceolata
(L 8.7-9.8" WS 11-14"
Wt 1.4 oz)
Hattah-Kulkyne
Nat’l Park
29Oct2015
Nest made of
Emu feathers.
© Marc
Anderson
xeno-canto
Plectorhyncha is Greek
for spear-pointed bill;
lanceolata is Latin for
spear-shaped.