White-winged Triller
Photo · (c) Rolf Lawrenz, some rights reserved (CC BY)

BirdUp · Species

White-winged Triller

Lalage tricolor(Swainson, 1825)

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Genus
Lalage
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The white-winged triller is one of the smaller members of the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found throughout mainland Australia and possibly on the islands to the north, including New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. It is resident or nomadic over the warmer part of its range, and a summer breeding migrant to the cooler southern parts of Australia.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Port Moresby area (south-central coast of south-east New Guinea) and Australia (except Tasmania)
Non-breeding range
South populations migrate to north Australia

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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