Robin,
Your bird is a Golden Whistler going in to adult male plumage for the first time. It takes the male 3 years (from banding studies) to attain full adult plumage so this bird is in its second year. You are lucky to see one in this plumage, I don’t think I ever have even after banding many hundreds of Golden Whistlers.
Cheers,
Mark
From: Robin Hide [
Sent: Saturday, 9 June 2012 3:49 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] ID help
Beside Lake Ginninderra (west side) this morning, this small bird was calling repeatedly from a bare tree. Slightly larger (?) than a Jacky Winter (I think), and the yellowish wash quite marked. From another angle (almost directly below),the chin seemed whiter.
Grateful for any identification suggestions.
Robin Hide
