PASSERIFORMES: Dasyornithidae

Dasyornis broadbenti  

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)
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© Vik Dunis 2009
Point Addis, VIC (Oct, 2009)

It's good to see these birds still here one year on from the first photographs.

This one and a younger bird which it appeared to be assisting or teaching to forage, was seen from halfway along the boardwalk at the end of the point.

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird

Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)

Rufous Bristlebird