Hi all - I am new to this forum. Would be grateful if anybody could help with the ID of these three birds. All taken on Sunshine Coast.
Re the raptor, my thoughts are it is a juvenile brown goshawk or a juvenile collared sparrowhawk - maybe not enough info in the photo to tell ? Only got this quick snapshot from a distance before it flew off into the bush.
Cheers
Rich
1. Thinking Brown Honeyeater - yellow-greenish wing feathers, unfortunately can't see any colouring behind the eye (the ever present stick, the vain of many a photographer!).
2. Unsure , maybe a Common Bronzewing, head doesn't look quite write - hard to see wing detail in your photo.
3. Thinking Collared Sparrowhawk - skinny legs, no obvious "frown" and the lighter eyebrows than a Brown Goshawk "frown" and slightly notched tail whilst perched.
As always, happy to be wrong, I am still learning also! Maybe wait for someone more confident before for final ID.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Thanks Dale. Agree with 1. and 3. Re 2. I guess a common bronzewing is the best fit, although the apparently yellow eye in my photo doesn't seem to match with other images I have seen, and the white stripe under the eye isn't as prominent as normally seen (maybe just the lighting in my photo).
Cheers
Rich
I agree with 2. Any chance it's an Rock Dove species (feral pigeon)? Also looks a bit like a Spotted Dove (obviously not showing the spots), but the head appears too light, unless the photo is overexposed?
I had a similar issue with a dove/pigeon type bird, turned out it was an immature spotted, therefore spots not visible.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
I agree with 2. Any chance it's an Rock Dove species (feral pigeon)? Also looks a bit like a Spotted Dove (obviously not showing the spots), but the head appears too light, unless the photo is overexposed?
I had a similar issue with a dove/pigeon type bird, turned out it was an immature spotted, therefore spots not visible.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
I agree with 1 and 3 but pretty sure 2 is a young Spotted Dove.
1. Brown Honeyeater
2. Spotted Dove
3. Collared Sparrohawk