BirdUp · Species
Varied Triller
Lalage leucomela(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Lalage
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The varied triller like its better-known relative the white-winged triller, is a smaller member of the cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae. Varied trillers prefer warm, reasonably moist environments and are found in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, along much of the tropical and sub-tropical coastal hinterland of eastern Australia, from about the Sydney area to the tip of Cape York Peninsula, in the moister part of the Kimberley, and throughout the Top End.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South New Guinea and satellites, Bismarck Arch. and north and east 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
6 photos
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