Scientific Name: Pomatostomus temporalis'
Common Name: Grey-crowned Babbler.
Order: Passerformes.
Family: Pomatostomidae
Other Names: Happy Jack, Grey-crowned Chatterer, Yahoo, Dog Bird, Barker, Barking Bird.
Distribution: Most of Australia except drier areas and S.WA.
Habitat: Open forest with some shrub understory and fallen timber.
Field Notes: Largest Australian Babbler to 30 cm lng.
Dark brown/grey above. Grey crown. Dark face mask. Chin and throat white. Curved bill.
Food is mainly insects and some seeds. Noisy and gregarious in groups of app. 4 to 12.
Builds nests for breeding and nests for roosting.
Domed nests made of small twigs line with grass.
Sources:Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-crowned_Babbler
Birds in Backyards http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Pomatostomus-temporalis


South Burnett SEQ, Jan 2012
Common Name: Grey-crowned Babbler.
Order: Passerformes.
Family: Pomatostomidae
Other Names: Happy Jack, Grey-crowned Chatterer, Yahoo, Dog Bird, Barker, Barking Bird.
Distribution: Most of Australia except drier areas and S.WA.
Habitat: Open forest with some shrub understory and fallen timber.
Field Notes: Largest Australian Babbler to 30 cm lng.
Dark brown/grey above. Grey crown. Dark face mask. Chin and throat white. Curved bill.
Food is mainly insects and some seeds. Noisy and gregarious in groups of app. 4 to 12.
Builds nests for breeding and nests for roosting.
Domed nests made of small twigs line with grass.
Sources:Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-crowned_Babbler
Birds in Backyards http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Pomatostomus-temporalis


South Burnett SEQ, Jan 2012
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