1 Buff-rumped Thornbill at Thurgoona, NSW
Identification history
| Acanthiza reguloides | 31 Jan 2021 | ChrisAllen | ||
| Acanthiza pusilla | 27 Jan 2021 | PaulF |
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Thornbill expertise would be appreciated. It was feeding on the ground in open forest.
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ChrisAllen
wrote:
31 Jan 2021
Hi Paul, so the way I figured out what species of Thornbill was down to a few features. Brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) have red eyes, which in the first photo you can see isn't the case for this one. Both photos show that yellow underside coupled with the ground foraging that you observed narrowed it down to two species, Yellow-rumped thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) and the Buff-rumped thornbill (Acanthiza reguloides). The difference between these two is that the Yellow-rumped thornbill have a black and white spotted area on the head just above the beak which the bird in your photo seems to be missing. Hope that helps
Location information
- Coordinates 146.984099-36.058346
- Places Thurgoona, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2021 09:18 AM Recorded on
- PaulF Recorded by
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Collections
PaulF Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Acanthiza reguloides Small (Robin, Finch, Thornbill etc) Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Acanthiza reguloides Scientific name
- Buff-rumped Thornbill Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1030.2m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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