Australian Scrubwrens, Warblers, Thornbills
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FAMILY : Scrubwrens, Warblers, Thornbills
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Brown Thornbill
(Acanthiza pusilla) |
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As you would expect from its name, the Brown Thornbill is a little brown bird. It is common in eastern and southern Australia. It is brown above with grey breast and throat with darker stripes. The rump is reddish brown and tail is greyish. It is an... Click to continue> |
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Buff-rumped Thornbill
(Acanthiza reguloides) |
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The Buff-rumped Thornbill is greyish olive on the back and head and creamy yellow coloured on the underside. As the name indicates it has a buff coloured rump. The eye has a pale iris. The tail is dark with a lighter tip. There are four separate... Click to continue> |
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Inland Thornbill
(Acanthiza apicalis) |
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The Inland Thornbill is s small brown bird about 10 cm in length. It has greyish brown back, reddish brown rump and cream coloured belly with dark streaks. The male and female are similar in appearance with males being somewhat larger. Young birds... Click to continue> |
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Striated Thornbill
(Acanthiza lineata) |
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The Striated Thornbill is a little brown bird from eastern and southern Australia. It is a brownish olive green colour above with cream underside streaked with black. The top of the head is reddish brown. Male and females birds are similar in... Click to continue> |
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Tasmanian Thornbill
(Acanthiza ewingii) |
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The Tasmanian Thornbill is a greyish brown bird found only in Tasmania where it is a common species. The adult is mainly light brown with greyish streaked throat breast. Males and females are similar in colour. The underside of the tail is white. It... Click to continue> |
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Yellow Thornbill
(Acanthiza nana) |
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The Yellow Thornbill is a brownish olive colour above with yellow underside. The throat is reddish brown. This species is the yellowest of all the Thornbills, and can be distinguished from the similar Yellow-rumped Thornbill by the bright yellow... Click to continue> |
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
(Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) |
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The Yellow-rumped Thornbill is the largest of the thornbills. It is a greyish brown bird with yellow rump and white spots on top of head. The underside is creamy. Males and females are similar in colour. The young birds are similar to adults but... Click to continue> |
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Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
(Aphelocephala pectoralis) |
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The Chestnut-breasted Whiteface is a small desert bird endemic to Australia. It has white face and throat, chestnut band around the chest and chestnut brown back. The top of the head is grey; the wings and tail are also grey. There is a narrow dark... Click to continue> |
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Shy Heathwren
(Calamanthus cautus) |
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The Shy Heathwren is a small brown scrubwren. It has a brown back, chestnut coloured rump, long brown tail that is held angled upwards. It has white stripe about eye. The underside is whitish grey with dark streaks on chest. It has a small white... Click to continue> |
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Speckled Warbler
(Chthonicola sagittatus) |
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Brown Gerygone
(Gerygone mouki) |
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Fairy Gerygone
(Gerygone palpebrosa) |
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Large-billed Gerygone
(Gerygone magnirostris) |
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Mangrove Gerygone
(Gerygone levigaster) |
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White-throated Gerygone
(Gerygone olivacea) |
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Rock Warbler
(Origma solitaria) |
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A small, plump, dark brown-grey bird with a cinnamon-tinged face and forehead, a dull white throat speckled black, reddish-brown underparts, and a black tail, which is often flicked sideways. The wings are dark grey-brown. Young birds are similar to... Click to continue> |
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Pilotbird
(Pycnoptilus floccosus) |
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Atherton Scrubwren
(Sericornis keri) |
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Large-billed Scrubwren
(Sericornis magnirostris) |
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White-browed Scrubwren
(Sericornis frontalis) |
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The White-browed Scrubwren is dark olive-brown above, with greyish chest. It has a white eyebrow above the eye, and another white line below the eye. Between these lines is a black eye patch. The underside is grey with reddish tinge. The eye is... Click to continue> |
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Yellow-throated Scrubwren
(Sericornis citreogularis) |
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Weebill
(Smicrornis brevirostris) |
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Small warbler with tubby build, short tail, and short stubby bill. Back and upper parts olive or yellow-olive; cream to yellow below. Pale line above the eye. Tail with a dark band and pale tip. Length 8.5 cm; wingspan 15 cm.
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