Hello
Quite a mixed bag going back some time. I can probably get close on one or two but that's all.
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Only ones I'm sure on are 6&7 White throated Treecreeper.
I'll have to look at the other ones later (though someone else may have posted by then) but for now:
1 = Eastern Spinebill
3 = Olive-backed Oriole
4/8/9 = Brown Thornbill
6/7 = White-throated Treecreeper (looks male)
Location would be helpful
I'll have a go
1 Eastern Spinebill
2 Great Egret
3 Olive-backed Oriole
4/8/9 Brown thornbill (as Owl said
)
5 Female Red-capped Robin (not entirely sure on this one)
6/7 White-throated Treecreeper (as already said
)
I hope this helps, i'm not marvellous at Id'ing birds, so it would be good to wait for someone more expirienced to see what they think
How can you tell it's a brown thornbill and not some other kind of thornbill?
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
Dark/red eye and streaks on breast/throat leave only Brown, Inland, Striated and Tasmanian. However there's no streaking on the ear coverts or crown and is not yellow enough for Striated. Inland doesn't have the rufousy forehead. Tasmanian has a "white window" around the eye, an un-scalloped forehead and has mottling rather than streaks on breast. Additionally, if these images were all taken in the same place, then its not even in Tasmania because there's no Treecreepers there.
Therefore it's a Brown Thornbill
Hi Owl, OK, so I have either brown or striated thornbills around my place, but I have no idea how to tell the difference. You say that striated are yellower and have different streaking? Previously I read that the only difference is the eye colour - something I struggle to get to see!
P.S. Number 5 is probably a robin! I would not have a clue which. I have only seen yellow and rose robins around here, and once it's a juvenile or even a female it can be hard to tell.
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
Soakes, the Striated Thornbill has distinct striations on its distinctly brown head.
Brown Thornbills often feed lower than Striated, have a wide range of calls including mimcry, and don't have streaking on the crown or ear coverts. They also have a rufousy forehead patch and chestnut rump.
Eye colour isn't really useful.
Here's a Striated you can compare to the Browns above and below (not great quailty).
Do you see what I mean about the Striated TB being more yellow?
If 5 is a Red-capped Robin it's not female because they also have a red cap (duller and sometimes smaller). It looks like a juvenile.
Thank you all.
These were before I had the GPS fitted to the camera and are over a few years I think so location was an issue.