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- Acanthiza katherina
Identification
Distribution
Wet Tropics region of NE Queensland, Australia.
Taxonomy
The Mountain Thornbill was earlier regarded as a subspecies of the Brown Thornbill, but then distinguished as a separate species in 1969. The most tangible difference between the two species is the distinctive white eyes of the Mountain Thornbill.
Habitat
Upland rainforests.
Behaviour
It builds a compact dome shaped nest from fine grasses and fibres and decorated with mosses and lichens on the outside.
