FW: [canberrabirds] Chestnut- rumped thornbill? Aranda [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

["Geoffrey Dabb" <>]

Or a Spotted Pardalote, perhaps a female or a young bird

-----Original Message-----
From: Perkins, Harvey  
Sent: Friday, 9 November 2012 12:07 PM
To: 'Janet Russell'; Canberrabirds
Subject: Chestnut- rumped thornbill? Aranda
[SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Janet,

Did you consider Brown Thornbill or White-browed Scrubwren? - both also
exhibit "russet" rumps when they fly off and would be much more likely in
Aranda than would be a Chestnut-rumped Thornbill.

Harvey

-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Russell 
Sent: Friday, 9 November 2012 11:57 AM
To: Canberrabirds
Subject: Chestnut- rumped thornbill? Aranda

This morning I saw a small bird in a group which included spotted
pardalotes. As it flew away I saw a very distinctive russet rump.
Could it be anything except a chestnut-rumped thornbill? I noticed it has
been rarely recorded in Canberra. It was on the lower branches of a
Euaclyptus cinerea.

Janet Russell

02 6251 8949
0406 944 462

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