Bird ID please

[desertbirds]

Definately not a wren but youre on the money as always tintola,this bird came for a look while i was playing a Splendid call and we did spot White wings out there but this bird doesnt have the wren tail.

[Jayburd]

I'm agreeing with jacky winter... but I've never seen anything like it! can't wait to find put. I can put it on my ornithology club's chatline if you like?

[desertbirds]

OOPS, Thanks all, just went back out bush for another look and as usual i think Tintola may be right, its a wren hen but im not convinced its a white wing, maybe a splendid.Not absolutely certain but saw similar markings on the wrens out there today.

[Nrg800]

I'd be calling it a female, or Eclipse male Variegated Fairy Wren ;)

[jusdeb]

All hail Sir Tintola Attenborough .
Bird identifier extraordinaire .

[Tintola]

Bow,Bow And I'm very modest, too. My best guess is that it's a hen or out of colour White winged male. Going on the line separating the white and grey, no residual cheek patches or lores around the eye and the dark beak. Hens have a lighter or horn coloured beak. It probably also has a blueish tail.

[Nrg800]

Yes, yet again, go with Mr. Attenborough here ^

The Lores of the bird aren't dark, ruling out Variegated...

[desertbirds]

Well ive looked long and hard at the pic and back out bush today, My daughter has prickles in her but to prove we had a big day. Redthraot,Whiteface, and about a hundred wrens later i have to say, the bird in this pic has dark to black legs, not like all the juvenile,sub-ordinate,female wrens we saw. Heaps of Robins,wrens have a similar colouration as in the white down the front and colour on the back, but not quite like this bird. Still waiting for a definate response.

[Tintola]

I still go with eclipse plumage Whitewing cock as the males have dark legs and beak that don't change colour when out of colour.

[Diane]

This bird?
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