Sweeping Firetail
Yoyetta verrens Emery, Emery and Popple, 2019
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Male
Species number (TNS):
515, 784.
Fore wing length:
28–32 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
From Springbrook National Park
in Queensland southwest to
Torrington State Conservation
Area in New South Wales. An
isolated population also occurs
near Kinglake in Victoria. Adults
occur during December and
January.
Notable localities:
Kinglake (S. Emery and
T. Corbin), Girraween National
Park, Lamington National Park,
Basket Swamp National Park.
Habitat:
Montane eucalypt forest and
woodland.
Calling song and behaviour:
Produced at a moderately high
frequency and sung whilst in
flight or stationary. The in-flight
song consists of short upwardly
inflected phrases
"sssssssssssseeep,
sssssssssssseeep,
sssssssssssssseeep". When
males are at rest they
sometimes emit a series of brief
phrases "seep seep sip-sip-sip
seep" with intermittent ticking.
Adults typically sit on the upper
branches of tall eucalypts,
including stringybarks.
Similar species:
Glade Firetail.
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Habitat
Female