Over the last few weeks I was away on a road trip from Cairns to Melbourne. It was quite a lot of driving and not so much time for birding, but still I was able to take some photos. Know I am going through them trying to identify the birds.
This one is taken in Cairns. It's not hard to tell that it's a Friarbird, but which one - Helmeted or Silver-crowned? Size? 30-37 cm or 27-32 cm when the bird is high in the tree is not such a big difference :) Any ideas?
The other photo was taken in Airlie Beach, QLD. Might be something very common, but I can't figure out what :)
The second one looks to me like a spangled drongo. Or a shining starling? More likely a drongo.
First one looks like a helmeted frairbird to me. Also agree with Night Parrot that the second is a Drongo
Thanks Night Parrot and Cassie! Now when you told, I also think that the second one is Drongo
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