Little Brown Bird for Id

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WhistlingDuck
Little Brown Bird for Id

I saw this little bird in the lower Blue Mountains, around the size of a thornbill - hope someone can help with an id. Thanks.

teganb02
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Large Billed Scrubwren perhaps?

Tegan - Melbourne Vic.

Elsie
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That was my first though when I saw it, however i'm not good enough at Iding the LBBs to confirm it :P The defining feature for a large billed scrubwren is it's slightly larger than normal beak and the bright black eyes, other than that I find it really hard to tell them apart from say a brown thornbill :P Someone else who knows more should be able to confirm it for you :) 

Snail
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Yes, Large-billed Scrubwren. Thornbills size, long(ish), slightly upturned bill and fairly uniform brown colour. 

LM

WhistlingDuck

Thanks for the help Tegan, Elsie and Snail.

I thought it might be a LB Scrubwren too - good to get your confirmation.

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