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Thanks Steve and everyone else who chimed in. The consensus on the chatline and in personal conversations with Jenny Bounds and Jack Holland is that it is a Brown Thornbill call. Despite having BTs in my garden year round and hearing them almost every day,
this is one call of theirs I was not familiar with. Just goes to show that there’s always more to learn, even about species you may think you know really well.
Cheers,
John
On 27 Jun 2026, at 9:56 pm, Steve Read <> wrote:
I’d be suspicious it was a Brown Thornbill, John. Or perhaps a Silvereye doing mimicry of a Brown Thornbill?
Let the chatline know the consensus, if there is one!
On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 at 8:18 pm, John via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
I heard this call at The Pinnacle yesterday afternoon and can’t place it. A short high-pitched note followed by or merging into a trill, bit like a Brown Thornbill, but not. (There’s a Spotted Pardalote and a snatch of Superb Fairy-wren in there also.)
I got a brief glimpse of the bird flying between trees and it looked about the size of a small honeyater, but I don’t recognise this call.
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