Anthony Katon wrote:
>I was looking at some thornbills through binoculars today at
Ingleburn NSW and found it very hard to identify the species
as they will not stay still long enough.
> I think they were brown thornbills and some yellow
thornbills. One species had a call I can only describe like
grrrrrrwheeit the ending sounded whip like.
>Any ideas as to which thornbill has a call similar to this.
That's a pretty good description of a Brown Thornbill call,
though just occasionally Buff-rumped Thornbills do something
similar in a 'softer/scratchier' way.
Yellow Thornbills make short grating/buzzing calls, somewhat
similar to some Weebill calls - but without ever making the
Weebill's signature "i'm-a-wee-willy-weebill" sing-song call.
Clear as mud? Best go off and find some recorded calls -
they'll help enormously with thornbills & allies.
L.
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