Mother of Ducks Lagoon

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Lachlan
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Mother of Ducks Lagoon

On the way to Queensland in January this year, I visited this lagoon in the New England town of Guyra. To cut a long story short, I managed to identify all the bids I saw with the help of my guide except one, which I have absolutely no idea about, despite having gone through my guide about a half dozen times trying to find it. So I thought I might post it here an see if anyone knew what it was. My only real guess was a Little Grassbird, but it doesn't have the eyebrow. So any suggestions would be really welcome! Thanks, Lachlan. 

SteveM
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I'm not confident, I think White-winged Triller, a young brd?. Definitely not Little Grassbird.

Lachlan
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Ok, thanks for the correction. My one question with a White winged Triller would be that the photo isn't really brown enough, but Pizzey and Knight do seem (to me) to make the pictures browner than they are.

ihewman
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Yes, young White-winged Triller looks like it... From what I just read (a juvenile bird is not illustrated in either of my books so I did some light reading), juveniles are scalloped with markings on the breast, head and back... just like yours!

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