Can anyone tell me what this bird is? It was taken in my parents' backyard at Millaa Millaa on the Atherton Tablelands. I thought, perhaps, that it is a White-browed Scrubwren but bird books say that their eyes are light cream whereas this one has pinkish eyes.
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HI Gumleaf
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Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Sorry, I'm new at this - let's see if this works ...
Looks like a white browed scrub wren to me. Others will confirm or deny I am sure :)
Sunshine Coast Queensland
I would say White-browed Scrubwren, too. It has pale eyes (not black eyes) that are pretty close to cream :-)
Lovely photo.
Andy.
You also have an atherton scrubwren which is found in a limited range up your way, but your photo is probably a white-browed. I think the main points of difference are the paler eye ring, and lighter more prominent 'streak', and darker eye patch (all on the white-browed). Do you think you have any atherton scrubwrens up there?
Oxalis is not my friend
Thanks all for getting back to me.
As for the Atherton Scrubwren, I haven't seen them near my parents' house but have seen them at Lake Eacham which is about 30kms away. Unfortunately didn't have a camera with us at the time.
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My Uncle and Aunt live up in Millaa Millaa. I love lake eacham as i saw a riflebird there. Do you live up there as well?
I live not too far away in Cairns. I've only seen a female riflebird once at Wongabel State Forest walk near Atherton. I'd love to see the male.
However, one bird I did get excited about, which I saw at Millaa Millaa Falls, was a chowchilla. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera on me at the time though I don't think I would have been quick enough to take a pic of it.