PASSERIFORMES: Megaluridae

Cincloramphus cruralis  

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)
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© Vik Dunis 2008
Lilliput, VIC (Oct, 2008)


My brain is dull, my sight is foul,
I cannot write a verse, or read-
Then, Pallas, take away thine Owl,
And let us have a lark instead.

Thomas Hood (1799-1845) - from "To Minerva"

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Non-breeding Male Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Brown Songlark (male in breeding plumage)

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Juvenile male Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Male Brown Songlark in breeding plumage

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Female Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Female Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Female Brown Songlark

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Female Brown Songlark