Striated vs Brown Thornbills

When I began surveying for The New Atlas of Australian Birds I was astonished that ticking ‘thornbill species’ wasn’t an option. If I wasn’t sure which kind of raven I had spotted I could tick ‘corvid species’ but somehow I had to learn to distinguish thornbills, and I had to learn quickly.

 

July 26th, 2019 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Birds, Brown Thornbill, Striated Thornbill | 10 comments