White-winged Triller

White-winged Trillers are fairly common in woodland, and open scrub through most of their range, and close to riverbeds in the central arid zone. The conspicuous male bird—black above and white below in breeding plumage—trills cheerfully through much of the day during the breeding season , frequently rising on fluttering wings in song flight.

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The White-winged Triller is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The White-winged Triller is a small, compact bird with a short slender bill, long wings and a rather long tail with a rounded tip. In breeding plumage, the male and female are quite different. The breeding male is black above, on the head and body and wing coverts, and white below, on the lower face, body and under-wings. There is a wide white shoulder bar. Non-breeding males are brown with light underparts and a faint pale brow and dark line through the eye. More

White-winged Triller, male, sitting on nest. White-winged Triller, male, sitting on nest. Photo: Purnell Collection © Australian Museum White-winged Triller, female. White-winged Triller, female. More

A White-winged Triller (Lalage sueurii), photograped last weekend in the Wellsford Forest. EXIF: Canon EOS 30D : 1/100 sec : f/5.6 : 400 mm : ISO 160 Categories: Photoblogs.org - The Photoblogging Resource View My Profile coolphotoblogs.com Birding Top 500 Counter VFXY Photos Vazaar photo blogs, top photoblogs 3761342 visitors | 1000 photos | RSS 2. More

The White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) is one of the smaller members of the Cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae. It is found throughout mainland Australia and possibly on the islands to the north, including New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. It is resident or nomadic over the warmer part of its range (inland Australia and points north), and a summer breeding migrant to the cooler southern parts of Australia. More

Typically 16 to 18 cm long, White-winged Trillers eat a variety of insects, which are taken on the ground, from in foliage, or in the air. The correct classification of the White-winged Triller and its close northern relative, the White-shouldered Triller (Lalage sueurii) of Eastern Indonesia is uncertain. Some authorities regard them as two races of a single species, in which case the White-winged Triller becomes Lalage sueurii tricolor. Copyright: Wikipedia. More

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we have seen White-winged Trillers only once in 2004 where we lived at the time south of Narrabri, New South Wales. In 2005 a couple appeared again in our garden and returned in late September of 2006. The next sighting was in September 2007, 20 km east of Narrabri. Seen again in the same area and also 20 km south-west of Narrabri in September-November 2008. Also spotted 30 km east of Narrabri, on the western fringes of Mt. Kaputar National Park, in November 2008. More

Over the last two months we’ve had a White-winged Triller in our garden. Normally they hang out in the northern parts of Australia and come south in the spring and summer. They often breed at this time of the year. At first there was only the one, a male. More

Over the last two months we’ve had a White-winged Triller in our garden. Normally they hang out in the northern parts of Australia and come south in the spring and summer. They often breed at this time of the year. At first there was only the one, a male. He persistently called throughout the daylight hours, hours after hour. Then about three weeks ago he was joined by another calling. This one wasa little more secretive - vocal but it kept hidden. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Campephagidae
Genus : Lalage
Species : tricolor
Authority : (Swainson, 1825)