Eopsaltria australis

Eastern Yellow Robin at West Wodonga, VIC

Eopsaltria australis at West Wodonga, VIC - 26 Oct 2021
Eopsaltria australis at West Wodonga, VIC - 26 Oct 2021
Request use of media

Identification history

Eopsaltria australis 28 Oct 2021 Liam.m
Eopsaltria australis 27 Oct 2021 Liam.m
Cormobates leucophaea 27 Oct 2021 Darcy
Climacteris affinis 27 Oct 2021 ChrisAllen

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Didn't get a photo of the parent but I watched it jump up the tree.

16 comments

Liam.m wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
Wouldn't be Wb treecreeper, would be Brown
ChrisAllen wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
Hi Liam, what makes you think it was a Brown treecreeper?
Darcy wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
White-browed treecreeper's don't occur down here, you didn't mean to put white-throated did you?
Liam.m wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
Unless you meant white throated of course (thanks Darcy).
ChrisAllen wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
Whoops, yeah. Just saw the white and checked it. It definitely wasn't a white browed I saw and I'm fairly certain it was a white throated. Cheers fellas
KylieWaldon wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
It doesn't look like any treecreeper nest I've seen before. Its too neat and round. And there's no fur or fluff. Looks more like an Eastern Yellow Robin nest - isn't that a tiny yellow feather on the right?
ChrisAllen wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
Nar definitely wasn't a Robin. I definitely saw a treecreeper leaving the nest
Liam.m wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
I’m definitely not an expert on nest ID but I do agree that the nest looks better for and Eastern Yellow, the eggs looks good for eastern yellow too
Darcy wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
yeah from googling looks a bit like a yellow robin nest, perhaps a treecreeper was just checking it out?
Liam.m wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
Would be an unusual nesting site for tree creeper too, don’t they normally nest in hollows??
ChrisAllen wrote:
   27 Oct 2021
That's what I thought as well. Perhaps it was just checking out someone else's nest. It was built on the side of a thistle.
KylieWaldon wrote:
   28 Oct 2021
well done chris. you made us all go pull books and search the internet for answers!
ChrisAllen wrote:
   28 Oct 2021
Haha I thought it was a clear cut ID. But I think you are all right, seems more likely a Eastern Yellow Robin I pulled out my books too Kylie haha.
ClaireSee wrote:
   28 Oct 2021
Impressive work everyone!!
KylieWaldon wrote:
   30 Oct 2021
Congrats Chris on your photo joining the feature wall! For nests it would be good to have a photo side on as well as inside to help ID.
ChrisAllen wrote:
   30 Oct 2021
Thanks Kylie. Yeah I was thinking that I should have taken a photo showing the size a bit better when I uploaded it.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 26 Oct 2021 12:00 PM Recorded on
  • ChrisAllen Recorded by

Additional information

  • True Nesting site

Species information

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Confirmed by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
2,152,973 sightings of 19,940 species in 6,475 locations from 11,410 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.