Avibase: Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (Yellow-rumped Thornbill)

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP 1832)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Peter Boesman	2023-10-12	Avalon Beach, Victoria, Greater Geelong - Pt C (Australia) (? m)	song - Windy circumstances	859560 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Ramit Singal	2020-06-29	Bakers Beach, Tasmania, Latrobe - Pt B (Australia) (10 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain, song - A couple of Yellow-rumped Thornbills (maybe 1 or 2 more in the background) amongst 2 Brown Thornbills as they occasionally call and sing, bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	572341 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Ramit Singal	2020-07-14	Fulton Park campsite, Forth (restricted access), Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, Devonport (Australia)	- Two birds vocalising together and taking off at the 0:11 mark, where onwards the single note calls are made in flight	249341641 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Drew Davison	2023-04-13	Alonnah, Kingborough Council, Tasmania, Kingborough (Australia) (0 m)	call - This recording was cut and made into a separate recording from XC809289.	809290 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Zebedee Muller	2020-09-23	Henty, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales, Australia, Greater Hume Shire - Pt B (Australia)	-	265508191 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa leighi	Frank Lambert	2015-10-30	Monarto South, South Australia, Murray Bridge (Australia) (110 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	407723 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Ramit Singal	2020-07-27	Fulton Park campsite, Forth (restricted access), Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, Devonport (Australia)	- Two birds singing from a short Dogwood (pomaderris apetala). Songs 0:50 onwards from a perch a little further away.	251783731 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa leighi	Marc Anderson	2016-09-03	Flinders Ranges, South Australia, South Australia (Australia) (280 m)	call, song - bird-seen:no	334239 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	James Lambert	2025-08-31	, Australian Capital Territory (excl. Jervis Bay) (Australia)	-	641169617 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Robert Hamilton	2025-09-05	, Kingborough (Australia)	-	641372033 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Peter Boesman	2023-11-01	Missionary Road, North Bruny, Tasmania, Kingborough (Australia) (? m)	song - [sono]	859562 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Richard White	2025-09-27	Glen Davis, Lithgow City Council, New South Wales, Lithgow (Australia) (380 m)	- Recording modified. Used noise reduction tool in Audacity (levels: NR=12,S=4, FS=6).	1050090 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Ramit Singal	2020-06-29	Bakers Beach, Tasmania, Latrobe - Pt B (Australia) (10 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain, song - Calls and song by an unseen Yellow-rumped Thornbill (another 1/2 birds in the background) bird-seen:no playback-used:no	572342 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa leighi	Marc Anderson	2015-08-19	Capertee National Park, NSW, New South Wales (Australia) (440 m)	call, song - bird-seen:yes	270034 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa leighi	Marc Anderson	2018-08-20	Bowra Station, near Cunnamulla, Queensland, Paroo (Australia) (200 m)	call, song - bird-seen:yes	434094 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Ramit Singal	2020-07-29	Bakers Beach, Tasmania, Latrobe - Pt B (Australia) (10 m)	adult, sex uncertain, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	579755 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Ramit Singal	2019-10-09	Cape Portland, Dorset Council, Tasmania, Dorset (Australia) (20 m)	call, song - Two individuals calling and foraging, giving occasional burst of song in between short single-noted calls. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	501670 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Ramit Singal	2020-07-29	Bakers Beach, Tasmania, Latrobe - Pt B (Australia) (10 m)	adult, sex uncertain, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	579765 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Gwen HK	2025-10-03	, Mildura (Australia)	-	645976759 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Tayler Brooks	2019-08-31	Dryandra Woodland--Congelin Dam Campsite, Williams, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australia (Australia)	-	175842421 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Greg McLachlan	2016-09-05	Bowra Station, near Cunnamulla, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (200 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	354591 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa leighi	Étienne Leroy	2025-10-24	Grassy Creek Fire Trail, Namagdi NP, Australian Capital Territory, Remainder of ACT (Australia) (1200 m)	song - [sono]	1069728 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	James Kennerley	2024-09-25	, Unincorporated South Australia (Australia)	-	637787774 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - Acanthiza chrysorrhoa	Peter Boesman	2023-10-12	Avalon Beach, Victoria, Greater Geelong - Pt C (Australia) (? m)	song - Windy circumstances	859561 xeno-canto.org

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