I need to find time to really study up on the birds.
This one taken in Canberra yesterday, just sat in front of me preening.
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I was thinking Jacky Winter but it doesn't look right, maybe a juvenile? But really i have no clue.
Maybe a Brown Gerygone
Looks OK for adult Jacky Winter to me. Not a juvenile, they have white spots/streaks on the upper-parts.
Magic shots,great detail.
The more time spent in the field, the better you will become... take your own notes on the birds you see and keep posting your unidentified photos onto sites like this and get opinions from other birders.
Anyway, The habitat, I'm assuming, looks fairly open, so you can eliminate Brown Gerygone as they require dense forest... also you would rarely have a gerygone sit still for a period of time. Apart from obvious plumage differences, Jacky Winter best fits your bird based on habitat and behaviour alone.
Brandon (aka ihewman)
Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment.
Brandon, yes it was an open area with scattered trees, i guess i thought the pics were good enough alone for ID but i'll take note to post more detail on the location in future to narrow it down. Thanks for your detailed reply.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Good idea, Shorty. Location, habitat, weather, behaviour even time of day are all helpful in identification.
It looks good for a Jacky Winter, did you happen to see it when it flew away? A Jacky Winter has a tail that is striped white, black, white in three parallel bars
I hope this helps :)
Surely a Jacky Winter.
Was it 'flicking' its tail from side to side? (Not like a Willie wagtail, more like a clock pendulum swings).
They are classic 'open country' birds- farms etc. Brown Gerygones are more of a rainforest / wet forest bird.