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Victoria's RiflebirdAlternate name(s): "Lesser Rifle-bird", "Queen Victoria Riflebird" ![]() Size: 23-25 cm Weight: 90-120 g (male), 75-95 g (female) |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Near-frontal view of a male Victoria's Riflebird
(photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Atherton Tablelands, QLD, May 2022]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a female Victoria's Riflebird searching for prey
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, August 2023]
Near-frontal view of a female Victoria's Riflebird
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]
Near-frontal view of a female Victoria's Riflebird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kuranda, near Cairns, QLD, July 2018]
Near-lateral view of a female Victoria's Riflebird
(photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Atherton Tablelands, QLD, May 2022]
Near-lateral view of a female Victoria's Riflebird searching
for insects (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]
Near-lateral/ventral view of a female Victoria's Riflebird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, August 2023]
Lateral view of a female Victoria's Riflebird using its powerful
bill to debark a dead branch in search of insects
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]
Lateral view of a female Victoria's Riflebird searching for prey
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, August 2023]
Near-dorsal view of a female Victoria's Riflebird
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]
Near-dorsal view of a female Victoria's Riflebird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, August 2023]
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Food, Diet |
Upside down female Victoria's Riflebird working on the end of a
broken trunk in search of food
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, August 2023]
Not a nice view of Victoria's Riflebird, but here one can see
what the effort was about - a grub
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Lewis NP, QLD, August 2023]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
vicrifl_me_20200927.m4a | (N QLD) | Contact call (male) | © ME |
More Victoria's Riflebird sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.