A mystery bird at Mannum

Mystery bird - is it a female Brown Songlark?

On my recent birding trip to Mannum (South Australia) I photographed this mystery bird.

I’m not at all certain what it is. The closest I can come to a reasonable ID is a female Brown Songlark. The colour is right, the markings feasible and size – about the size of a reedwarbler – is also about right. It was about 40 metres from the edge of the Murray River and didn’t give any calls.

Over to my readers for help.

Mystery bird - is it a female Brown Songlark?

Mystery bird - is it a female Brown Songlark?

 

2 Responses to “A mystery bird at Mannum”

  1. Yeo says:

    Hi Trevor,

    Except for that long tail, it looks like a common tree sparrow

    I am from Borneo island

    • Trevor says:

      Thanks for your suggestion, Yeo. It was much bigger than a tree sparrow. Besides, Tree Sparrows are not found in this part of Australia. The nearest population is about 800km away to the east.

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