Acanthiza reguloides

Buff-rumped Thornbill at Red Hill, ACT

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Identification history

	Acanthiza reguloides	19 Apr 2016	ArcherCallaway
	Unverified	19 Apr 2016	roymcd

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ArcherCallaway wrote:

20 Apr 2016

Another great photo!

roymcd wrote:

20 Apr 2016

thanks Ryu, I'm not too crash hot on IDs for small birds, I thought this might be a Weebill. Any tips for me on how to distinguish them in a photo like this without seeing the rump? Thanks, Roy :-)

ArcherCallaway wrote:

20 Apr 2016

It is hard to explain, more of a combination of features. I guess the most obvious features of the face would be a blunter stubbier bill and a noticeable pale brow over the eye for Weebills. Buff-rumped Thornbills also have slightly more orangy scalloping above the beak, which is absent from Weebills.
In the field, you will find that Weebills tend to stay in the mid to upper canopy whereas BR Thornbills will most often be in the lower canopy to the ground

roymcd wrote:

20 Apr 2016

Thanks Ryu, much appreciated :-)

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1 Abundance
9 Dec 2015 07:04 PM Recorded on
roymcd Recorded by
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Birds Small (Robin, Finch, Thornbill etc) Other Birds roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Acanthiza reguloides Scientific name
Buff-rumped Thornbill Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1030.2m Recorded at altitude
390 images trained Machine learning

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Acanthiza reguloides

Buff-rumped Thornbill at Red Hill, ACT

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