Crested Shriketit

[Greg Oakley]

This is an uncommon songbird endemic to Australia. Recent genetic work has found that this species and only 1 other (Wattled Ploughbill from PNG) should be assigned to their own family (Falcunculidae).
It inhabits woodland forests (mainly eucalyptus) where it tears the bark from trees gleaning insects.
D800, 300 2.8VRII, 1.7TC, tripod, hide, playback. f4.8, 1/640, ISO200.
Thanks, Greg.

[Rachel Hollander]

Nice light, brillant colors, good detail and smooth bg all combine for a pleasing image.

TFS,
Rachel

[Karl Egressy]

Nice setting, excellent pose and nice smooth background , Greg. It looks like from this angle that it has only three toes and small feet.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Beautiful setup Greg. I love how the leaves balance and frame the image. The slanted perch is great and the bird placement is perfect. Gorgeous species.

[dankearl]

Terrific songbird photo and good info about this bird.
Framed well, sharp and composed nicely.

[Satish Ranadive]

Never seen this bird before.Excellent image.
Love the pose,beautiful colors(looks like male from the colors),nice details.I like the diagonal perch with leaves and composition.
Beautiful BG too.

Regards,
Satish.

[Faraaz Abdool]

Excellent image, great pose, composition, exposure and BG. Also the angle of the perch is perfect.

[vishaljadhav]

Impressive bird, really liked the beak
The colors are fantastic and the bg compliments the complete picture.
TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Gorgeous image with great colours, comp (love the leaves in URC), techs. I like that the head is pointing up, would have been great had it been turned a bit more towards us too but it is nicely paralleling the perch. Highly appealing!

[jack williamson]

I really like this, I have never seen this bird. Great exposure and everything sharp. I love the BG.

[PhilCook]

Nice one Greg, I like the composition with the leaves framing the subject, nice sharp detail and great eye clarity. This image shows the powerful beak nicely, I've been advised the people who tag and study these birds recieve some nasty bites

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Excellent looking bird and lovely light! keep it up!