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Grey-crowned babbler
Pomatostomus temporalis
-30.3584, 153.086
Field Notes
Description:
Known as Happy Family bird and many other local names. Grey crown, white chest, underparts rufous and grey, wings grey/brown, beak black and curved, grey stripe past eye from beak to wings.
Habitat:
Found throughout much of Australia. Once more common but environmental factors, human impact and predation are affecting populations. Dry open woodland and also cleared lands are prefered habitat areas.
Notes:
This is 'baby babbler' the only one to survive from this nesting, Magpies and feral cats took a toll on the young and adults over time.
Parent at nest.
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