Birds of Western Australia (II), March 2017 (1 Viewer)

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TwiddlingThumbs

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• Mar 25, 2017

• #1

More birds of Western Australia that I need help with.

Photo 1 - Australian Hobby?
Photo 2 - Some kind of Goshawk? I use birdlife.org.au as resource but could not find a match for the black stripes on the chest on the photos for the birds of prey listed under Western Australia. I tried Google images too.
Both photos above taken at Claremont Lake.

Photo 3 - Tree Martin?
Photo 4 - Swamp Harrier? This bird was a long ways off. I hope the photo is good enough for an ID.
Photo 5 - Western Gerygone? The "broken" white eye ring seem to point to the Western Gerygone.
These three photos taken at Herdsman Lake.

Help appreciated!

 

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TwiddlingThumbs

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• Mar 25, 2017

• #2

Here's another four birds :

Photo 1 - From the white spots on the head, I thought this was a Spotted Pardalote but the colours and the bill shape don't seem to fit.
Photo 2 - I have no idea what this small bird is. Probably Pardalote size.
Photo 3 - Grey-shrike Thrush?
Photo 4 & 5 - Whistling Kite? Same individual.

Help appreciated!

 

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ZootheraMike

Traprock Birding

• Mar 25, 2017

• #3

Hello TwiddlingThumbs

In your first post, the first image is, as you suspect, an Australian Hobby. Note the incomplete hood, as compared with the Peregrine Falcon, and the extensive rufous breast and stomach. It is also a more slender bird overall.

The second image is of a young Accipiter species. A look at the tail would be helpful, but it looks delicate enough to be a Collared Sparrowhawk, and the brow is not as pronounced as in the Brown Goshawk.

The third image is of a Tree Martin -dark cap compared to fairy martin's chestnut cap.

I wouldn't like to say for the fourth bird. It does look like it could be a Swamp Harrier, though.

And the fifth bird does look like a Western Gerygone.

Mike

 

ZootheraMike

Traprock Birding

• Mar 25, 2017

• #4

The first bird in your second post is a Yellow-rumped Thornbill. Note the dark cap with white speckling.

That second image looks very much like a Yellow-rumped Thornbill again.

The third bird looks a lot like an immature male Rufous Whistler. The bill is not large enough for a shrike-thrush and the extensive striations down the chest (more than a young shrike-thrush) are typical of females and young birds of both sexes. And there is some rufous colouring starting to come out down the lower front.

Both of the last two images are of Whistling Kite.

Mike

 

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TwiddlingThumbs

Well-known member

• Mar 25, 2017

• #5

Thanks very much for your help, Mike! Cheers!

 

John_WA

Well-known member

• Mar 29, 2017

• #6

Agree with most of what Mike says, not sure on the Accipiter though (number 2 in first post) - I suspect Brown Goshawk on the leg and foot structure, but it isn't totally clear on that image. Fairly happy with Swamp Harrier for number 4 in first post too, looks good, they're fairly common at Herdsman

 

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TwiddlingThumbs

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• Mar 29, 2017

• #7

Thanks for the comments, John. Unfortunately that is the only shot I have of the Accipiter. It was quite far out on the lake and it was back lit as well.