Yellow Chat
Epthianura crocea ‡
Roebuck Plains, Broome, NW WA IMG_0706 20180831 - crocea male in breeding plumage: yellow face & underparts, blackcrescent on breast. CLICK for another.
Notes: Rare. Face, underparts yellow with, for male, black crescent
across breast.
Iris white/cream/pale blue. Grey wings w. pale margins. Female paler, greyer; underparts
yellowish. Ssp macgregori has darker crown stripe. Can co-mingle w. Orange Chat —
eg
at Lake Gregory, NE WA. Bleak grasslands, saltmarshes, coastal grassy swamps.
Range from Morcombe©(modified)
Roebuck Plains, Broome, NW WA IMG_0696 20180831 - crocea males in breeding plumage.
Roebuck Plains, Broome, NW WA IMG_0702 20180831 - crocea female
Longreach Waterhole, Elliot, C NT IMG_1495 20180718 - crocea male in non-breeding plumage. CLICK for another pic.
Longreach Waterhole, Elliot, C NT IMG_1485 20180718 - crocea female. CLICK for another pic.
Longreach Waterhole, Elliot, C NT IMG_1315 20180718 - crocea juvenile: short bill, tail, pale plumage; iris dark grey.CLICK for another pic.
Longreach Waterhole, Elliot, C NT MVI_1469 20180718 - crocea non-breeding male
Longreach Waterhole, Elliot, C NT MVI_1516+1520 20180718 - crocea non-breeding