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PilotbirdAlternate name(s): "Downy Pycnoptilus", "Guinea-a-week" Size: 16.5-17.5 cm Weight: 25-39 g |
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See Pilotbird
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Race "sandlandi"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of a Pilotbird (photo courtesy
of R. Plumtree)
[Near Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, May 2014]
Frontal view of a Pilotbird on Hawkesbury Sandstone
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Blackheath, NSW, April 2014]
Frontal view of a Pilotbird
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]
Near-frontal view of a Pilotbird
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]
Near-frontal view of a Pilotbird fluttering its wings
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]
Near-lateral view of a Pilotbird
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]
Lateral view of a Pilotbird; note how, characteristically,
the bird carries its tail cocked
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]
Lateral view of a Pilotbird
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]
Dorsal/ventral view of a Pilotbird with its tail cocked
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]
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Food, Diet |
This Pilotbird has found something interesting and is scraping
the ground to expose it
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]
Some more digging is required...
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]
... before the Pilotbird got its prey
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Off Wong Log Road, Mt. Nunniong, East Gippsland, VIC, August 2018]