Eurystomus orientalis
1 Dollarbird at Hughes, ACT
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| Eurystomus orientalis | ArcherCallaway | 1 Jan 2019 | |
| Eurystomus orientalis | JonSteinbeck | 1 Jan 2019 |
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I walked past the trees where the Dollarbirds normally are at this time of year. There was a lot of calling and I visually counted three birds, with a possible fourth calling but not readily visible. I am guessing it was possibly two pairs. There seemed to be times of louder, accelerated calling, which I took as an effort to establish ownership of a nesting hollow. I had a good scan of two trees with binoculars, looking from the east, but I could not see any hollow. The photos show the three different Dollarbirds, not that I can tell them apart.
2 comments
2 Jan 2019
Great photos thanks. A pair is definitely nesting here. Yesterday I was swooped fiercely four times in a row when I stopped to take a photo. They were there again this evening as usual. They have been in these trees consistently all summer and also last summer.
2 Jan 2019
Many thanks Jacky, I will be back out there soon to see if I can finally see their hollow.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.102747-35.329387
- Altitude 654.3m
- Maps Federal Golf Course Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2018 09:29 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- Yes Nesting site
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Species information
- Eurystomus orientalis Scientific name
- Dollarbird Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 718.4m Recorded at altitude
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Nesting site
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