The Whistler genus (and family) name means “thick head”. And when I wrote my message I just responded to the photos, I had overlooked that you had already included
rufous whistler.
Philip
From: Julie Clark [
Sent: Monday, 16 January, 2017 11:46 PM
To: Philip Veerman
Cc: COG Chatline
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Id Hlep Please
Yes I think you're right Philip.
For some reason the head just didn't look right to me. I always think of whistlers as having quite thick, chunky heads but this one looked finer than I would expect. It's probably
just the angle of the photo. An adult male was in the vicinity.
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 11:26 PM, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
Good photos but a rather non distinctive bird. On shape and modest stripey appearance, I suggest a
young Rufous Whistler.
Philip
From: Julie
Clark [
Sent: Monday, 16 January, 2017 10:50 PM
To: COG Chatline
Subject: [canberrabirds] Id Hlep Please
I took these photos of a bird at Campbell Park today and am stumped as to an Id.
The photos were taken in the vicinity of woodswallows, flycatchers, thornbills, brown-headed honeyeaters, varied sittellas,
rufous whistler and some thornbills and I took many photos in a short period of time.
I actually have no recollection of this particular bird. It wasn't close (photos savagely cropped). As a result I can't
really give any indication of size. I'm sure it is something common, possibly a younger bird (slight yellow tinge to gape) and it was high up in the tree.
Any help would be appreciated.
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