Common and familiar over most of continental Australia. Voice is a familiar loud ringing “peewee peewee”. Adult breeders usually resident in territorial pairs. At other times form roving flocks. Nest is a distinctive deep mud bowl, usually placed on a near horizontal limb.
The Australian Bird Guide, Peter Menkhorst et al
Classifications: | Bird, forest and grassland |
Family: | Monarchidae (Monarchs) |
Information sources: | Photo taken at Sarina by Lyn Jantke |