Green Jery

An unusual tit with a rufous face, collar, and breast and a gray cap and back. Also note the prominent white wingbars on the gray wings. Found locally in dry acacia savanna, usually in small groups; readily joins mixed flocks with other species. Easily separated from all other tits by the rufous breast. Call is a classic tit “tsit-tsit-di-di-di,” rough and often repeated. The song is a repeated phrase of two whistles. 

Small, long-tailed bird with black moustache and rufous-brown upperparts, found only in the Winton-Opalton area of western Queensland, where it is the only expected grasswren. This species is found in habitat with large spinifex clumps, where it scurries around between clumps. Upperparts rufous-brown, with white throat and pale underparts. Formerly considered a subspecies of Striated Grasswren.

Large, bulky rosefinch. Male is pinkish-red below with a streaked brown back. Female is streaky dust-brown all over. Both sexes are very similar to Great Rosefinch; look out for dark streaking on the back in both, as well as smaller white, more solid-looking white spots on the underparts of the male. Breeds in dry open expanses with sparse scrubby vegetation at around 3700-5200 meters. Winters in similar habitat, sometimes descending to lower elevations. Song consists of somewhat hoarse whistled notes. Gives a sparrow-like “chweep” and a shorter “chep.”