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[[Image:Yellow_Thornbill.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Subspecies ''nana''<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil Fifer}}, Newcastle, [[New South Wales]], April 2004]]
 
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[[Image:Yellow_Thornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil Fifer]]
 
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Green-olive back, white streaking on the cheeks and ears,  pale to bright yellow underparts, reddish brown tone on the chin and throat, dark eyes. The young birds are similar but duller.
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8·5–10 cm (3¼-4 in)
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*Greenish-olive upperparts
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*White streaks on the cheeks and ears
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*Yellow underparts
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*Reddish-brown chin and throat
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*Dark eyes<br />
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Young birds are similar but duller
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====Similar Species====
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[[Brown Thornbill]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:Yellow_Thornbill.png|thumb|200px|left|Graphic by Nrg800]]
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[[Image:Yellow_Thornbill.png|thumb|200px|right|Graphic by {{user|Nrg800|Nrg800}}]]
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E [[Australia]].
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Eastern [[Australia]]: found in [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]] and [[Victoria]]
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''A. n. flava'':
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:*North-eastern [[Queensland]] (Atherton Tableland to Paluma Range)
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*''A. n. nana'':
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:*Coastal south-eastern Australia (Moreton Bay, Queensland, to Eden, [[New South Wales]])
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*''A. n. modesta'':
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:*Central and eastern Queensland to southern [[Victoria]] and south-eastern [[South Australia]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Open forests, woodlands and shrublands dominated by Casuarinas, Acacias or paperbarks, parks and gardens.
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Dry open forests, woods and shrublands, mostly with casuarina, acacia trees, also parks and gardens.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The diet includes insects and some seeds.
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====Diet====
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[[Image:1421IMG07434v.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''modesta''<br />Photo by {{user|julien|julien}}<br />Eagle Point, [[Victoria]], Australia, January 2005]]
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Their main diet consists of insects; ants, beetles and flies etc.
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====Breeding====
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The domed nest is made from grass and bark, with a soft lining from feathers, fur or plant down etc. and has an entrance near the top. It is built by the female. The eggs are incubated by the female, both parents feeing the young, possible with helpers.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
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#Birds in Backyards
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Acanthiza nana" {{!}} "Yellow Thornbill"}}
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{{GS-checked}}1
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Females build a rounded domed nest of grasses and bark, lined with feathers, fur or soft plant down, with a narrow, hooded entrance near the top.  The female incubates the eggs alone, but both parents (and possibly helpers) feed the young.
 
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==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Acanthiza+nana}}
 
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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=64&bid=1021 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Acanthiza]] [[Category: Maps]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Acanthiza]] [[Category: Maps]]

Latest revision as of 19:06, 26 April 2023

Subspecies nana
Photo by Neil Fifer, Newcastle, New South Wales, April 2004
Acanthiza nana

Identification

8·5–10 cm (3¼-4 in)

  • Greenish-olive upperparts
  • White streaks on the cheeks and ears
  • Yellow underparts
  • Reddish-brown chin and throat
  • Dark eyes

Young birds are similar but duller

Similar Species

Brown Thornbill

Distribution

Graphic by Nrg800

Eastern Australia: found in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • A. n. flava:
  • North-eastern Queensland (Atherton Tableland to Paluma Range)
  • A. n. nana:
  • Coastal south-eastern Australia (Moreton Bay, Queensland, to Eden, New South Wales)
  • A. n. modesta:

Habitat

Dry open forests, woods and shrublands, mostly with casuarina, acacia trees, also parks and gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Subspecies modesta
Photo by julien
Eagle Point, Victoria, Australia, January 2005

Their main diet consists of insects; ants, beetles and flies etc.

Breeding

The domed nest is made from grass and bark, with a soft lining from feathers, fur or plant down etc. and has an entrance near the top. It is built by the female. The eggs are incubated by the female, both parents feeing the young, possible with helpers.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
  4. Birds in Backyards

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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