Australian Pratincole

Description:

The Australian Pratincole is a long-legged, slim-bodied bird with an upright stance and elegant posture when perched. It is sandy-olive with very long, narrow, pointed black wings, and has a deep chestnut brown and black patch on its flanks. When breeding, the bill is bright red at the base and on the gape, the legs and feet are dark grey, brownish or dark red. When not breeding, the plumage is duller, the bill mostly black, with blackish spotting on the throat and smaller flank-marks. - Birdlife Australia. This one does not have their glad rags on :D

Habitat:

This one was spotted on the plains of Roebuck Plains Station near the Broome Bird Observatory (BBO). The location on the map is at the BBO as it was too hard trying to determine where on the map we were.

Notes:

The Australian Pratincole breeds predominantly from south-western Queensland to northern Victoria and through central Australia to the Kimberley region in Western Australia. - Wiki It resembles a small tern when it flies! Very cool little bird :) Reference: Warden at BBO Reference: http://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/aust...