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)

Brown Songlark (male in breeding plumage)

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Male Brown Songlark in breeding plumage

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Female Brown Songlark