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==Identification==
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MOUNTAIN THORNBILL
 
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Acanthiza katherina
 
  
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The Mountain Thornbill is  endemic to the Wet Tropics region.  
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==Distribution==
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Wet Tropics region of NE [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].
  
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It is restricted to upland rainforests, where it  forages about the foliage of trees and shrubs.
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==Taxonomy==
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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.
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The drab northern counterpart of the Brown Thornbill, its calls and behaviour are similar.
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==Habitat==
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Upland rainforests.  
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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.
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==Behaviour==
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It builds a compact dome shaped nest from fine grasses and fibres and decorated with mosses and lichens on the outside.  
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Its breeding season is from August to February / March. The nest, a compact dome shape, is made from fine grasses and fibres and decorated with mosses and lichens on the outside. It was not until 1971 when the nest was first discovered, and eggs were not described until a few years later.
 
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It is moderately common round Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge but is most numerous in the highest uplands.  
 
  
  
 
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{{GSearch|Acanthiza+katherina}}
  
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Acanthiza katherina
Photo by Peter Day
Atherton Tableland, QLD, Australia, Oct., 2016

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.


External Links

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