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: Acanthiza lineata, Acanthiza pusilla, Australia, bird photography, Birds, Brown Thornbill, differences, identification, Kim Wormald, Melbourne, nature, photography, Striated Thornbill | Category: Birds, Brown Thornbill, Striated Thornbill | 12 comments
