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Brown Thornbill |
Sightings
Based on their reddish eyes, rufous foreheads and the colour of their rumps, the birds shown in the photos below are most likely Brown Thornbills.
Race "dawsonensis" (with buffy yellow underparts) was spotted in November 2006 near Ebor Falls, northern New South Wales.
Nominate race "pusilla" was observed by us in March 2008 in the central Flinders Ranges.
Photos
Race "pusilla"
Brown Thornbill drinking from a leaking water tank (click on image for larger version)
Race "dawsonensis"
Brown(?) Thornbill; the forehead is visibly rufous, not black and white as an Inland Thornbill's
View from a slightly different angle, displaying the yellowish underparts