Eurystomus orientalis

1 Dollarbird at Hughes, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

	Eurystomus orientalis	1 Jan 2019	ArcherCallaway
	Eurystomus orientalis	1 Jan 2019	JonSteinbeck

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

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

JackyF wrote:

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.

JonSteinbeck wrote:

2 Jan 2019

Many thanks Jacky, I will be back out there soon to see if I can finally see their hollow.

Please Login or Register to comment.

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
Collections
My flagged sightings BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Intermediate size Other Birds Birds

Additional information

True Nesting site

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
354 images trained Machine learning

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania