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Partial migrant. A few remain all year in E Australia E of the Dividing Range and also in S of range, but more are resident in N Australia. Some birds spend non-breeding season N of Australia, and occur on passage on islands off the coast. A non-breeding visitor to S New Guinea and W through Indonesia, where generally uncommon to scarce but probably overlooked, though said to be locally common in NW Java from Mar and Apr; occasional in Sumatra and Sulawesi, one record each in Sumbawa, Flores, Natuna Is, Borneo and Singapore.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1997)

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