Martin, Brown Thornbill and Striated Thornbill were both common in the
Dandenongs foothills when I lived there, and I imagine your friend will
regularly see both species. I always found that for a quick ID Striated
tended to forage high in the canopy and were often observed in the outer
foliage of peppermints. Browns typically move through in the mid to low
vegetation.
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Steven Creber
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Subject: RFI identifying thornbills (se Australia)
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A question for list members.
I have a colleague who's fortunate to live in the wooded hills east of
Melbourne and is trying to learn her bush birds, in particular the
thornbills.
What are people's advice on how to quickly identify the following
species,
keeping in mind my colleague is a non-birdo (but a botanist).
Striated Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
I'm looking for a 'table of features' or something similar that would
have
(say)
- foraging behaviour
- foraging habitat/height
- distinctive features of each species (call, eye colour...)
Does anyone remember whether the Birds Australia magazine (Wingspan)
featured the thornbills?
The area concerned is tall forest near Mt Dandenong and the most common
species of thornbill is probably the Brown I suspect.
Keen to hear list members thoughts.
Martin O'Brien
Wildlife Biologist - Threatened Species & Communities Section
Department of Sustainability and Environment
2/8 Nicholson St.,
East Melbourne 3002
VICTORIA
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