|
WHITE-FRONTED CHAT FACTS |
Description
The White-fronted Chat is a small white faced bird from southern Australia. The male has a white face and broad black band across the breast and round the back of the head. The back is grey, and the wings and tail are brown, and abdomen is white. The underside is white below the black band. The female has similar markings bot is browner with less bold breast band.
Size
12 cm
Habitat
marshes, swampland, wet farmland, edges of lake
Food
insects
Breeding
The nest is a cup made of grass in long grass or low bush The female lays three or four white spotted eggs.
Range
found in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, southern parts of South Australia. South west quarter of Western Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Meliphagidae | | Genus: | Epthianura | | Species: | albifrons | | Common Name: | White-fronted Chat |
|
|
