PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

Myiagra cyanoleuca  

Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)
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© Larry Dunis 2008
Noosa Heads, QLD (Oct, 2008)

I was sitting in a heavily vegetated steep sided gully photographing a magpie-lark and chicks at a nest on the other side of the creek when this flycatcher and his mate put in an appearance. It was initially so close that I couldn't swing my camera around without knocking it off its perch.

Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)

Satin Flycatcher (male)

Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)

Satin Flycatcher (male)

Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)

Satin Flycatcher (female)

Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)

Satin Flycatcher (female)