Need help identifying these Small Brown Birds?

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sedie
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Need help identifying these Small Brown Birds?

These tiny birds were found at D'aguliar national park in Brisbane in the same area. There was a ton of these small birds around so im assuming there was a fair lot of young ones as well which could confuse my when identifying. I am sure that some are Brown Thornbills however the picture on the tree ((taken about 30m froms the other photo three minutes beforehand of a different bird then the one on the ground(could be same species)) looks slightly different to me and looks to me like a Brown Gerygone. 

timrp
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I'm thinking Large-billed Scrubwren.

Snail
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Are the 2nd and 3rd pics of the same bird? If so, then i would say that all 3 pics are Brown Thornbill. To me it just doesn't look right for Brown Gerygone. BG has a noticeable white brow and is smaller than BT. 

LM

HelloBirdy
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I would go with neither of those, Snail. I'm in favour of Large-billed Scrubwren as suggested by Tim. Although my experience with that species is limited, the bird in the pictures don't look quite right for a Brown Thornbill.

Ryu
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Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

sedie
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yes the 2nd and 3rd pictures are of the same bird

pacman
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a recent Large-billed Scrubwren pic from Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Qld in Nov '15 clearly shows the proportions of the bill to the head that are also apparent in your pic3

a pic tells a ,000 words

Peter

sedie
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Thanks that helped a lot! :D

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