Fiery Ambertail
Yoyetta ignita Popple and Emery, 2022
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Male
Species number (TNS):
495.
Fore wing length:
23–34 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
From Goomburra and Mount
Tamborine in south-east
Queensland south along the
Great Dividing Range and
outlying peaks through New
South Wales to Mt Ainslie in the
Australian Capital Territory.
Adults occur from October to
February.
Notable localities:
Girraween National Park, Mt
Kaputar, Armidale, Mt Ainslie.
Habitat:
This species is usually found in
tall open forest on mountain
slopes. It occasionally occurs in
groves of montane mallee,
heathland and she-oak forest.
Calling song and behaviour:
Rapid ticking interspersed with
low-pitched "zeeep-zeep"
phrases that give the song a
ventriloquial quality. Males call
whilst stationary. Adults prefer to
sit on the upper limbs, where
they are hard to observe.
Similar species:
Robust Ambertail, Clicking
Ambertail.
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Habitat
Female
