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Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 09:49
by Fireguard
Hi all, I am new to the forum.
I live in Yarramundi in the foothills of the blue mountains, and I have a finch like bird in my back garden that is a bright yellow/olive colour all over. Likes the upper foliage and doesn’t come to the bird feeder around the front of the house like the other species. The closest I can find is a most yellow thornbill. I am not sure if this is what it is. Any ideas?
Re: Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 11:24
by CathyCraftz
It might be an olive finch but unfortunately it is only found in Brazil.
Re: Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 12:52
by Tiaris
Yellow thornbill, weebill & silvereye are a few possibilities. Is it tiny?
Re: Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 14:57
by Fireguard
Tiaris wrote: 05 May 2018, 12:52
Yellow thornbill, weebill & silvereye are a few possibilities. Is it tiny?
Hi, thanks for your reply, yes it is the size if not slightly smaller than a double bar finch, chunky body shape
Re: Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 17:45
by starman
Firstly, WELCOME to the AFF, Fireguard.
A link to the most likely....
http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/silvereye.
...and candidate number 2....
http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile ... -thornbill
.....and number 3.....
http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/weebill
It could be an aviary escapee of course, but that would be a long shot.
Re: Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 19:44
by matcho
Starman,
I reckon you are on the money with No1 given the location and it's behavior/description. Then again we are not there and it could be something from left field. Ahhh I love this site!
Ken
Re: Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 20:41
by starman
Ken,
That was a toss of the coin... at first I was thinking Yellow Thornbill because of the colour description. I had no clue about the Weebill as I can't
recall having seen one.... I had to look it up after reading Tiaris' post. Silver Eyes are fairly common around these parts, but I have only seen the Thornbill on a family member's heavily wooded property. I had to go to the books to identify that one too. Although he is only about 30k ATCF from me,
I see a quite few different species there.... most of the time he can identify them for me, though occasionally not.
Re: Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 20:47
by matcho
starman wrote: 05 May 2018, 20:41
Ken,
That was a toss of the coin... at first I was thinking Yellow Thornbill because of the colour description. I had no clue about the Weebill as I can't
recall having seen one.... I had to look it up after reading Tiaris' post. Silver Eyes are fairly common around these parts, but I have only seen the Thornbill on a family member's heavily wooded property. I had to go to the books to identify that one too. Although he is only about 30k ATCF from
me, I see a quite few different species there.... most of the time he can identify them for me, though occasionally not.
Starman,
I still reckon you are on the money as I have seen them up close and personal, it was the first one that came to mind.
Thanks for the links by the way, wish I knew how to do them
Re: Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 20:59
by starman
matcho wrote: 05 May 2018, 20:47
starman wrote: 05 May 2018, 20:41
Thanks for the links by the way, wish I knew how to do them
Well in that case Ken, here's another link:
viewtopic.php?f=90&t=21293&p=185080#p185080
It becomes just a few reflexive mouse clicks once you have done it a few times.
Re: Citrus/olive yellow finch in lower blue mountains
Posted: 05 May 2018, 21:14
by starman
Apologies, I've messed up the order of those quotes and confused the issue.... but give it a go Ken, in no time it WILL become reflexive.
Now back on topic...