What is this bird, please?
Is it a weebill or a yellow thornbill. Notice how the bill is an orangey colour.
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Location: Newcastle.
1. Weebill ?
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2. And is this a yellow thornbill, in same area. ?
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They were both hanging around in the same tree.
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Cheers,
steve
I am thinking Juvenile Yellow Thornbill.
Weebills have a different shaped beak - shorter and more stocky.
Cheers
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
Thanks Dennis,
I was wondering if it was a juvenile or not.
top job, mate..
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cheers,
steve
Steve - maybe a horsfield's bronze-cuckoo?
Holly
Hi Steve
I'm with Holly on that next bird.
The back ought be green, moderately shiny, but reflected colours are deceptive. They are called "Bronze Cuckoos" for exactly that reason - green reflecting as brown in some lights.
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=176
The gap in the barring on the front is diagnostic from the other species in the group.
Cheers
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
wow! a horsfield's bronze-cuckoo!
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I am quite surprised.
Its a pity the photo is so rubbish. They are the only ones i got this morning. doh!
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Thank you very much holly and dennis.
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cheers,
steve