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Orange ChatAlternate name(s): "Orange-fronted Chat", "Yellow Tintac"; misnomer: "Saltbush Canary" Size: 10-11.5 cm; wing span 19 cm (average) Weight: 10-12 g |
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See Orange
Chat at Wikipedia |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Near-frontal view of a male Orange Chat
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Bindegolly
NP, near Thargomindah, QLD, June 2019]
Near-frontal view of a male Orange Chat
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Bindegolly
NP, near Thargomindah, QLD, June 2019]
Near-lateral view of a male Orange Chat
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Lake Tyrrell, VIC, October 2019]
Near-lateral view of a male Orange Chat
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Bindegolly
NP, near Thargomindah, QLD, June 2019]
Lateral view of a male Orange Chat
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Bindegolly
NP, near Thargomindah, QLD, June 2019]
Near-lateral view of a male Orange Chat
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Lake Tyrrell, VIC, October 2019]
Lateral view of a male Orange Chat looking away from the observer
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Bindegolly
NP, near Thargomindah, QLD, June 2019]
Lateral view of a male Orange Chat at take-off, showing its underwings
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Lake Tyrrell, VIC, October 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a male Orange Chat with a pronounced orange frons
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Roxby Downs, SA, June 2022]
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FEMALE |
Lateral view of a female Orange Chat looking towards the observer
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Roxby Downs, SA, June 2022]
Lateral view of a female Orange Chat
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Bindegolly
NP, near Thargomindah, QLD, June 2020]
Lateral view of a female (or possibly immature) Orange Chat
approaching a water hole (photo courtesy of M. Mackay)
[Coober Pedy, SA, January 2017]
Lateral view of a female (or possibly immature) Orange Chat
(photo courtesy of M. Mackay)
[Coober Pedy, SA, January 2017]
Near-dorsal view of a female (or possibly immature) Orange Chat
(photo courtesy of M. Mackay)
[Coober Pedy, SA, January 2017]
Small group of Orange Chats perched in a dead tree
(photo courtesy of M. Mackay)
[Coober Pedy, SA, January 2017]
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Behaviour |
Orange Chats are one of the bird species that try to lure away potential predators from their nest by pretending to have a broken wing.
Male Orange Chat at take-off pretending to have a broken wing
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Lake Tyrrell, VIC, October 2019]
Distant view of a male Orange Chat taking off from rank samphire
like greased lightning; before flying away, the bird did a "broken wing"
routine
[Lake Bindegolly
NP, near Thargomindah, QLD, June 2019]