I have a small bird mainly heard and not seen in top of trees. Does have a yellow/orange band down chest. Its distinctive call is an ascending then descending note. Sometimes it only makes the ascending whistle alone.It has black around its eyes with white spots in a line through the black.
It sounds a bit like a pardalote, although I'm not sure about the call.
- soakes
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
Sounds like a crested shrike-tit.
This is one in my garden.
Thanks for replies. Not a shrike tit and I thought maybe a pardalote but the call was not as described in my field guide. The chest colour is a definite stripe down the front.
Did you listen to the shrike-tit call on the birds in backyards birdfinder? You describe the call pretty much exactly.
Thanks everyone. It is a pardalote. I wasn't quick enough to note if striated or spotted but will be more observant if I get another chance. It as just been sitting on my wisteria on my verandah - the closest I have ever seen it.
The call of the pardalote is quite a common id request, probably it should always be the first guess. I have heard one at bathurst high school, I think they are living well with people in some areas, maybe they are extending their range.