PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae

Ashbyia lovensis  

Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis)
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© Vik Dunis 2009
Diamantina National Park, QLD (Sep, 2009)

Many times we stopped the vehicle and many times the movement among the rocks turned out to be an Australasian Pipit.

Eventually, persistence paid off. This was one of a pair of Gibberbirds we saw as we entered Diamantina National Park from the north-west.

Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis)

Gibberbird

Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis)

Gibberbird

Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis)

Gibberbird

Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis)

Gibberbird

Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis)

Gibberbird

Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis)

Gibberbird

Gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis)

Gibberbird