Victoria's Riflebird
Ptiloris victoriae· 极乐鸟科(7 photos)
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Victoria's Riflebird
23-25 cm. Note range. Male: like small male Paradise Riflebird, with broader black breastband between blue-green throat shield and olive-green glossed underparts. Female: like small female Paradise Riflebird but underparts deeper, buffer; irregular lines of sparse, dark, V-shaped spots to slight barrings on flanks; shows rufous patch in wing feathers in flight. Habits and display generally like Paradise Riflebird.
- Voice
- distinctive rasping 'y-a-a-a-ss' or 'yaass yaass', about once every four minutes; also deep, mellow whistle.
- Habitat
- rainforests, mostly in mountains/foothills; nearby wetter eucalypt forests; paperbark woodlands; occasionally open woodlands.
- Breeding
- Sept.-Jan.
- Range & Status
- mostly mountain rainforests of ne. Q from near Cooktown s. to Mt Spec NP, near Townsville; also lowland rainforests, some coastal islands. Fairly common. Sedentary.
