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Sightings
Our first sighting of an Inland Thornbill (race "albiventris") was in February 2006, near Gunnedah, New South Wales. In August 2006 seen again 20 km south-west of Narrabri. Spotted regularly in the winter months of 2007 and 2008, 20 km east of Narrabri.
Race/form "whitlocki" was spotted by us in the Flinders and Gammon Ranges, South Australia in March 2008.
Photos
Race "albiventris"
Frontal view of an Inland Thornbill; one can see clearly the striated face, throat and breast (click on image for larger version)
Lateral view of an Inland Thornbill (click on image for larger version)
Different view of the same bird as above; note the dark legs (click on image for larger version)
Inland Thornbill seen from behind, giving a clear view of the deep-brown rump (click on image for larger version)
Inland Thornbill seen from below, hovering in front of a branch from which it then picked an insect
Male Inland Thornbill courting a female at the end of winter (click on image for larger version)
Here an Inland Thornbill with its prey, probably a louse (click on image for larger version)
The bird above was seen feeding this fledgling; here a lateral view (click on image for larger version)
Fledgling Inland Thornbill, frontal view (click on image for full-size display)
Race (inland form) "whitlocki"
Lateral view of an Inland Thornbill "whitlocki" (click on image for larger version)
Frontal view of an Inland Thornbill "whitlocki"