Weebill
Smicrornis brevirostris ‡
Karoonda Camp, SE SA IMG_6097 20241114 - occidentalis greyer tinge than brevirostris. CLICK for another pic.
Notes: Tiny w. very short stubby pale bill. Pale supercilium,
pale iris & rusty tinge to ear-coverts.
Ssp occidentalis very like
nominate brevirostris w. brown streaking in throat, but greyer tinged.
Ssp flavescens is much paler, unstreaked & yellower than others, ear-coverts
only faintly washed
brown. ochrogaster is smaller & paler than others.
In eucalypt woodland & acacia shrubland,
foraging in outer foliage of upper-
& middle storey.
Range from Schodde & Mason©Passerines
Karoonda Camp, SE SA IMG_6037 20241114 - occidentalis CLICK for another.
Pheenys Trak, Murray-Sunset NP, NW Vic IMG_6443 20241117 - occidentalis CLICK for another pic.
Willis Camp, Snowy River Road, E Vic IMG_6094 20190311 - brevirostris rusty tinge to ear-coverts.
Ruff Property, Nagambie, N Vic IMG_1589 20210110 - brevirostris
Gunbower Road, N of Mt Isa, FNW Qld IMG_6743 20200925 - flavescens yellower than others, ear-coverts only faintlywashed brown.
Flat Creek Station, FN Qld IMG_7478 20200626 - flavescens
Gluepot Reserve, SE SA IMG_7565 20210405 - occidentalis
Mt Crozier Track, Pink Lakes, W Vic MVI_3535 20190515 - occidentalis
Longreach Waterhole, Elliott, C NT MVI_1732 20180719 - flavescens