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Elanora Heights Primary School has researched

Endangered Australian Wildlife

as part of an
Endangered Animals of the World project
organised by Cannelton Elementary School in Indiana, USA
and Primary School De Wadden of Haarlem, Netherlands.


Derby White-browed Robin
Drawn by Tom M. and Daniel 5G

Common Name : Derby White-browed Robin

Scientific Name : Poecilodryas superciliosa cerviniventris

Habitat :
Lives in tropical monsoon forests and mangrove swamps from derby in Western Australia across to western Queensland.

Diet :
It eats mainly insects and lavae and sometimes small crabs and molluscs.

Size :
It is 180mm in total length.

Danger :

Cattle trample down the vegetation near the rivers where this bird lives.


Researched by :

Tom M. and Daniel 5G

Reference:

CD called "Wildinfo Australia"
Windows Version
Australian Endangered, Vulnerable and Extinct Fauna.
Designed and produced by "Good Thinking" (Australia) Pty Ltd
Distributer :
DATAWORKS
81 Eildon Parade,
Rowville, Victoria, 3178, Australia

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