PASSERIFORMES: Dasyornithidae

Dasyornis brachypterus  

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)
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© Vik Dunis 2010
Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, NSW (Feb, 2010)

I had been at here at Barren Grounds Reserve two weeks earlier and had got glimpses of three Eastern Bristlebirds on one day in misty wet conditions, possibly the predominant weather here, and then none the next day in bright sunshine.

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)

Eastern Bristlebird