Very clear photo, yet found no matching bird, VIC

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Very clear photo, yet found no matching bird, VIC

Seen in March at Warrandyte.

Some kind of thornbill? Robin? 

But the visible hook (like a grey butcher) on beak crosses out a lot of possibilites, unless it's just a variation?

The beak is shorter than brown thornbills and longer than weebills. 

Help appreciated!

dwatsonbb
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Maybe a young or female  Golden Whistler, the pale chin and upper breast. No expert happy to be corrected.

Nice photos by the way.

Dale Huonville, Tasmania

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Just had another thought - photo doesn't show size very well. If it is smallish I will stick with Golden Whistler ? female.

If it is a little larger, perhaps a Grey Shrike-thrush, the hooked bill fits that, but the bill maybe to small?

Dale Huonville, Tasmania

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dwatsonbb wrote:

Just had another thought - photo doesn't show size very well. If it is smallish I will stick with Golden Whistler ? female.

If it is a little larger, perhaps a Grey Shrike-thrush, the hooked bill fits that, but the bill maybe to small?

Wow, thank you! Golden whistler makes sense because i do have a photo of a striking yellow male taken a minute apart. (edit: nope, nevermind, realised it's a photo of a yeastern yellow robin!)

No idea about size, i was just going through some old photos.

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Agree that it is clearly a Whistler but the lack of a yellow vent makes me think it could be an Olive Whistler rather than a female Golden Whistler. I think it would be in the area.

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sue818 wrote:

Agree that it is clearly a Whistler but the lack of a yellow vent makes me think it could be an Olive Whistler rather than a female Golden Whistler. I think it would be in the area.

thanks for replying! i couldn't see a little hook on the olive whistler though the colors do match a bit more. would be cool if it were a olive whistler xD

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Try posting on the Facebook group Australian Bird Identification as the experts will check there. Good luck

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