Strident Squawker
Pauropsalta melanopygia (Germar, 1834)
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Male
Species number (TNS):
379.
Fore wing length:
18–24 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
Occurs throughout the Top End of the
Northern Territory, specifically in the area
bounded by Darwin in the north-west,
Kakadu National Park in the north-east,
Cape Crawford in the south-east and
Timber Creek in the south-west. A
population has also been discovered in
the eastern Kimblery region of Western
Australia. Adults occur from November to
February.
Notable localities:
Kununurra (S. Ong), Litchfield National
Park, Alligator River, Nourlangie Rock.
Habitat:
Open eucalypt woodland.
Calling song and behaviour:
A slowly emitted series of phrases, each
containing a brief rattle leading up to a
short buzz. After several successive
phrases a phrase with a longer buzz is
produced. Adults sit of the main trunks of
eucalypts.
Similar species:
Little Orange Squawker (species
complex).
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