Dodd’s Bunyip
Tamasa doddi (Goding and Froggatt, 1904)
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Male
Species number (TNS):
128.
Fore wing length:
27–39 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
On the coast of tropical
Queensland from north of
Cooktown south to Innisfail and
inland to the Atherton Tableland.
Adults occur from October to
May.
Notable localities:
Julatten, Smithfield, Kuranda,
Mareeba, Gordonvale.
Habitat:
Rainforest, riverine forest,
swamp forest, parkland and
gardens.
Calling song and behaviour:
A long buzz ending in a
distinctive short stutter. Males
also produce a more vigorous
call comprising short repeated
buzz phrases, each punctuated
by a series of ticks. Adults sit on
the main trunks of trees, often in
local aggregations. Random
distress calls are often produced
when a male start calling too
close to other males.
Similar species:
Ingham Bunyip, Eastern Bunyip
(species complex), Boulder
Bunyip.
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