Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
About the Brown Thornbill
The brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) is a passerine bird usually found in eastern and south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It can grow up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long, and feeds on insects. It is brown, grey and white. The species has five subspecies.
A real field recording of the Brown Thornbill. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Australia · xeno-canto lists 167 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloidesprofile
- Chestnut-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza uropygialisprofile
- Grey ThornbillAcanthiza cinereaprofile
- Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalisprofile
- Mountain ThornbillAcanthiza katherinaprofile
- New Guinea ThornbillAcanthiza murinaprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.