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Regarded as sedentary over much of range, but partly migratory in NE Australia, where regarded as wet season migrant to Cape York peninsula from New Guinea, leaving when forest floor dries out in winter. Sedentary further S in Queensland, where rainfalls throughout year. Recorded from several islands of Torres Strait, where often heard overhead at night and recorded striking lighthouse. Only recorded from Ambon (Moluccas) is of 1 coming to a light at night in mid-Jun, possibly migrant from New Guinea. In Port Moresby area, Papua New Guinea, moves away from forest where ground becomes hard and surface water disappears in prolonged dry periods, but remains near permanent water.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)

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