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Beautiful little finch, well there were heaps of them...hopping around. Quite happy to be able to get these few shots...they are so flighty :) Does anyone now its common name?
Spotted on Jul 7, 2012
Submitted on Jul 14, 2012
9 Comments
Jellis, I agree, it's probably a young male. Liam, to the best of my knowledge, only Superb Fairy wrens live in the location this one was spotted. Unless anyone else knows differently.
Looks like some blue coming through on the check and you can see in the image above the tail. So it must by a young male.
Definitely a Fairywren, as to which species, I'm not sure.
I've just posted a spotting of an eclipsing male http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/125... . And a young male in eclipse http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/124...
It is a fairy wren Suzette. As Jellis said, the females have orange flesh around their eyes. But the young males, and the adult males in eclipse* look nearly the same as the female, only with a darker bill and brown around their eyes.
*Male birds that moult into and out of breeding plumage are said to be 'in eclipse' when they are wearing their duller feathers.
Not sure why one isn't showing...no these are the only angles I coould get before it fluttered away - I need to get myself some ID books
Still might be another type of Fairwren.
you have 3 photos but one isn't showing. Is there another angle to see the side of the bird?
Thought Fairywren but the females have an light orange mask around eyes.
Also thought maybe Tawny Grassbird but it had a faint crown.