Breeding male © JJ Harrison eBird S61134969 Macaulay Library ML 186177401
Female © Frank Coman
Breeding male © Bill O’Brien
Nonbreeding male © David Newell
Immature © JJ Harrison
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Juvenile © Jill Duncan & Ken Bissett

White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor

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Identification

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Small songbird with short, fine bill. Breeding males have black crown and back, white underparts, black wings with bold white wing panels, and black tail with white tip. In nonbreeding plumage crown and back brown, with pale-edged feathers in dark upperwing. Female similar to nonbreeding male. Inhabits lightly wooded areas, especially eucalypt, foraging in pairs or small flocks in the mid- to upper story. Song is a loud, clear series of notes that descend and accelerate into a trill.

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