Listen to the brown thornbill
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About the brown thornbill
The brown thornbill is a bird in the family Acanthizidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the brown thornbill sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
Related birds in the genus Acanthiza
Frequently asked questions
What does a brown thornbill sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the brown thornbill on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the brown thornbill endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the brown thornbill as “least concern”.
What family does the brown thornbill belong to?
The brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) belongs to the family Acanthizidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Faulconbridge… by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Ptilonorhynchus violaceus - Satin Bowerbird by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Sonus naturalis - Soundscape by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Sonus naturalis - Soundscape by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q264390 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Brown thornbill – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) – CC BY-SA 3.0