White-winged TrillerScientific name: Lalage sueurii
Meaning of name: Lalage is a classical girl’s name. Sueurii is in honour of C. A. Le Sueur, a French geologist and artist.
Aboriginal name: Koomolkolong (koom’awl’caw’lawng).
Distribution: Widespread throughout mainland Australia.
Description: Up to 19.5cm long with a wingspan of 31.5cm.
Notes: The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 2km. The oldest bird recorded was still alive when its band was read in July 1967, 3 years 0.9 months after being banded (information as at 20 June 2012).
The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.
References: What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us/science-and-research/76-publications-and-resources/103-conservation-science-wa-journal
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
This is an adult male bird in breeding plumage. Photograph courtesy of R. Dibbens.
This is female bird. Photograph courtesy of R. Dibbens.
This adult male is moulting into or out of breeding plumage. Photograph courtesy of Gary Tate.
This is possibly a juvenile bird. Photograph courtesy of Gary Tate.
This bird was seen to be being fed by its mother suggesting it had only recently left the nest.
