Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Acanthiza chrysorrhoa

Nannup, SW WA IMG_8494 20181021 - chrysorrhoa short tail; long slender bill; forehead blackish, boldly spotted white;
crown to hindneck grey-brown, whitish supercilium to pale eye, ear-coverts off-white, mottled dusky.

Notes: Large, yellow-rumped thornbill. Nominate ssp chrysorrhoa uppertail-coverts & uppermost
base of tail yellow, contrasting strongly with mainly black tail which has narrow off-white tips.
Ssp leighi uppertail-coverts brighter yellow, underparts more buffy. Ssp normantoni is like leighi
but rump somewhat brighter olive, uppertail-coverts brighter yellow, underparts mostly bright
pale yellow. Ssp leachi is largest ssp, darker olive-brown above, underside similar to nominate.

Range from Pizzey & Knight©(modified)