Notes on the Form and Habitat of Nests of the Northern Shrike-tit

Ward, Simon; Berghout, Mani; Baker, Bryan D.

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“…While second broods are common in the Eastern Shrike-tit (Beruldsen 1965;Higgins & Peter 2002), it is not known whether Northern Shrike-tits are multi-brooded. Ward et al (2009) concluded that the nesting season of Northern Shrike-tits is concentrated in the Build-up (October to December), and that late Wet season breeding is unlikely.…”

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A population of the rare Northern Shrike-tit that forages and breeds in a seasonally inundated paperbark woodland in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

Noske

2021

Northern Territory Naturalist

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The vast majority of records of the Northern Shrike-tit (Fg/zuncufts whiter) in the Top End of the Northern Territory are from eucalypt woodlands in inland localities, mostly in the Katherine-Maranboy region, approx. 250 km from the nearest coastline. This report summarises observations of a small resident population of these rare birds which is lareely confined to a paperbark woodland on the seasonally inundated floodplain of the Tomkinson River, a tributary of the Liverpool River, only 17-35 km from the coast of western Arnhem Land. The population is apparently isolated and small (8-50 pairs) with a relatively low density (est. 0.01 birds ha"), and given its existence since at least 2000, appears sustainable. These birds forage mainly on Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca viridiflora), in which they obtain arthropod prey from both leaves and bark. Nest-building was observed in September and October, and dependent juveniles were present in two territories in early March. One nest was built in a paperbark tree, the lowest nest height (6.5 m) reported for the species to date and the first in a non-eucalypt. Vocalisations of birds in this population differed from those described and recorded in the literature for the species. Although it has been argued that the scarcity of this species in northern Australia is due to the paucity of eucalypt species that shed their bark annually, both the Tomkinson River population and some populations of the species' two congeners forage partly, or even largely, on foliage.

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Section: Breeding and Vocalisationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A population of the rare Northern Shrike-tit that forages and breeds in a seasonally inundated paperbark woodland in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

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2021

Northern Territory Naturalist

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Notes on the Form and Habitat of Nests of the Northern Shrike-tit

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A population of the rare Northern Shrike-tit that forages and breeds in a seasonally inundated paperbark woodland in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

A population of the rare Northern Shrike-tit that forages and breeds in a seasonally inundated paperbark woodland in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

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