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Microeca fascinans
About 60mm long. Grey-brown on back, creamy white breast and underparts, a short fine bill, a distinguishing fine black mark through the eyes, scrawny bare black legs.
This one was in a church graveyard in a tiny country town surrounded by farmlands and national park.
Also called 'Postsitter' because of it's habit of perching on poles and other pedestals scanning the area for insects. Other names include Postboy, White-tail, Peter-Peter, Brown Flycatcher. It is not very closely related to the 'Flycatcher' group although it looks and behaves similarly. Conditions were extremely cold so the name Jacky Winter is appropriate here.
Spotted on Aug 17, 2013
Submitted on Aug 22, 2013
2 Comments
Sweet spotting of a sweet bird!
Lovely spotting of a cutie ! Love his name too..