Brown Thornbill?

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Reflex
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Brown Thornbill?

or Yellow-Rumped Thornbill. Taken in Tasmania. Maybe Tasmanian Thornbill which explains the red legs.

HelloBirdy
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Definately not Yellow-rumped.

Looks somewhat different to the brown thornbills I'm used too, but that could be local variation

I'm not familiar with the Tasmanian Thornbill

Ryu
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Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

Rick N
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Looks like a Brown though haven't seen a Tasmanian.

pacman
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here's a Tas Thornbill that I prepared earlier; taken in Mar '14

Peter

Reflex
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Thanks Peter. I'm going to go with Thornbill I think. Just not 100% happy that's correct.  Where's Zosterops?

Samford Valley Qld.

pacman
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I will look tonight and see if I got a pic of Brown Thornbill in Tas, my memory says no

Peter

sue818
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Most of the guides suggest that the Tasmanian Thornbill has a whiter underparts and rufous edges to the wings. The only one I was confident about was in a very dark damp forest but it had those characteristics. However, I have seen Brown Thornbills in a number of places in Tasmania. Hope that is of some help.

Sue

Reflex
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Thanks Sue. I'm going with Brown Thornbill.

Samford Valley Qld.

Snail
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For my 2 cents worth I would bet on Brown Thornbill. Tassie Thornbill has a pale underside as opposed to buff-brown.

LM

Reflex
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Thanks Snail.

Samford Valley Qld.

Reflex
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Another photograph of the same bird...

Samford Valley Qld.

Paulsod

Top photo is a Tasmanian Thornbill.

Bottom photo is a Brown Thornbill (taken in Tasmania as well)

I just looked up the differences on this site. White underpants is one of the main ones, hard to tell on your photos. I thought a shorter bill was one, but, doesn't mention it.

here is the link.

http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Acanthiza-ewingii

Kippa-ring, Qld.

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