Olive Whistler at Black Range, NSW
Identification history
| Pachycephala olivacea | 26 May 2020 | MatthewHiggins |
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I am open to other ID suggestions.
3 comments
MaxCampbell
wrote:
6 Jul 2020
Hi Matthew, This is hard to ID from the photo. I don't think it can be an olive whistler as they are an olive brown above from juvenile to adult. The adult male developes a grey head, but there is a sharp cutoff at the nape to olive brown. From what we can see of the face, throat and beak, my best guess would be a female golden whistler.
MaxCampbell
wrote:
11 Jul 2020
Hi Matthew, I have confirmed Andrews Olive Whistler sighting on advice from Mike Carter at Birdlife Australia. I had no idea, from perusing my bird guides or my own sighting on Mumbulla mountain, that the colours could be so subtle. Having had my eyes opened somewhat, I can see that Andrews photos are a good illustration of that end of the colour range; so I have put his side view and back view up in the define species slots with my own photo of a more highly coloured specimen. Having confirmed that you have at least one Olive Whistler in the vicinity, I think it's possible that one or both of your recent sightings have correct ID. (I still can't make a call from the photos.) I'll leave that up to you. ... Here is an excellent Photo and (importantly) Call resource....https://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/viewphotos.php?c=562&pg=1 ... May be you and Andrew can get a handle on the size of you local population.
Cheers,
Max.
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Nearby sightings
Location information
- Places Black Range, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 26 May 2020 02:09 PM Recorded on
- MatthewHiggins Recorded by
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Priority species lists
NSW Government Priority Species
Species information
- Pachycephala olivacea Scientific name
- Olive Whistler Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
