BirdUp · Species
Spinifexbird
Poodytes carteri(North, 1900)
Endemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Locustellidae
- Genus
- Poodytes
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The spinifexbird is endemic to inland Australia. Also known as Carter's desertbird, it is named after Thomas Carter, an English ornithologist and pastoralist active in Western Australia from 1887 to 1928.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- North-west WA to north-west QLD (north-central Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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