PASSERIFORMES: Pachycephalidae

Oreoica gutturalis  

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)
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© Vik Dunis 2010
Hattah State Forest, VIC (Mar, 2010)

It was overcast, windy and there was a storm approaching. Perhaps that's why this Crested Bellbird was singing from a position at the bottom of the tree instead of exposing itself to the elements at the top.

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Male Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Ventriloquist singer

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Immature Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Female Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Crested Bellbird