Hi all
This one was in the Royal National Park. It looks like a robin of some sort, Maybe a juvenile. Any ideas?
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Whistler of some sort
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Hello, I had to check that Royal National Park is south of Sydney
suggest Olive Whistler or female Rufous Whistler, leaning towards OW but pic is not the best
Peter
It appears to be yellowish under the tail, my guess would be female Golden Whistler, could be just a trick of light though.
LM
Ide go with Snail. It does have a yellow underpart. Its clear in the picure. The picture I have is quite high definition but is too large to upload as is so I have to resize it. Thanks for the replies
In my mind, the throat is far too clearly defined and the front too buffy to be a Golden Whistler.
My best bet, like Peter, would be either an Olive Whistler or a young or just scruffy male Rufous Whistler
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Olive Whistler highly unlikely in RNP and it definitely looks more yellow than buff to my eyes. I see what you mean about the defined throat though, maybe scruffy young male golden Whistler ?.. Any other photos or a way to post the larger high res file?
LM
I have a picture of its back this might help
Here I played around with some tools!
The more I look at this bird, and after a bit of research I agree on Olive Whistler. The Olive Whistlers that I am familiar with up here in northern NSW occur only in high altitude beech forests which is why I thought it would be unlikely in RNP, but I read today that the southern Olive Whistlers also occur in coastal forest. I could only find one ebird record for Olive Whistler from RNP, so altough uncommon it is certainly a real possibility.
LM
Thanks for all the replies. I could possibly email the higher resolution pictures if anyone is interested. I might also go and see if i can picture it again as I read that they are mainly sedentary animals. I remember the exact shrub where I pictured it!