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Birdline
Australian Capital Territory
Birdline ACT is a site for the reporting of rare or unusual birds outside their normal range, unusually high or low numbers, early or late arrivals or departures for migrant species and interesting behaviour or unusual habitat usage. Observations interesting to you can also be reported, but please provide justification.
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Recent Sightings
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Reports published in the past 30 hours.
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September 2025
| Tue 2 | | Brown Honeyeater
Fassifern Ponds, MacGregor |
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| Probably two birds observed feeding in grevillea on the north side of the pond in company with, and being harassed by, White-plumed and Yellow-face Honeyeaters.
While the bird's movements made it difficult to be certain of the count, judging by the amount of yellow showing in the triangle behind the bird's eyes, it would appear to be two.
As far as I can ascertain this is the first record of the species in the ACT. [Mod: a single bird was seen in nearby Queanbeyan (NSW) recently and there is an earlier record of a bird observed in the Brindabella Ranges in the past decade]. eBird checklist |
| Sebastian Brown 2/9 #272680 |
| Outside normal range |
| Early arrival; late departure |
| Interesting behaviour |
| Threatened |
| Hard to see |
| Unusual habitat |
| Uncommon in area |
| Interesting to you as observer (please justify) |
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| Rare |
| Endangered |
| Vagrant |
| Irruption |
| Unusual numbers |
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