Hi All,
I've just got back from Newhaven & Alice Springs area where we
encountered many of these difficult thornbills.......I had no problem
ID'ing Chestnut-rumped (by eye-colour and call) but found that nearly
all were Inland (by the faint streaking on the breast and
vocalizations)
Only once did I perceive any with the classic slaty-grey upperparts
and these appeared quite obvious compared to the brownish-grey of
Inland. From these encounters I am even more convinced that I have
never come across S-B T in SW Qld (where I have a reasonable amount of
experience) although I appreciate that other birders are quite happy
with their sightings of the species in the area.
Unfortunately as we were surveying most of the time I didn't manage to
digiscope any but it would be great if any images could be
obtained.....
Trip-report on it's way,
Tom Tarrant
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:54:15 +1000, Alan Morris
<> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> If Slate-backed Thornbills occur around Alice Springs and also occur as far
> east as Bowna HSD Cunnamulla Qld, for which some discussion has occurred in
> the past on Birding-aus, I assume them that they could occur at Tibooburra
> in NSW That is, providing they were properly identified and the dark iris
> was clearly noted and the birds were not Inland Thornbills. On immature
> Inland Thornbills, it is often very hard to see the striations on the
> breast. If you are satisfied that your observation was correct, then the NSW
> Records Appraisal Committee would be interested in a submission as the
> species is not listed for NSW.
>
> Alan Morris.
>
>
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