Plain brownish songbird with faint pale eyebrow and rust-colored rump.
Not listed
Endemic to Australia
Indigenous: Mulaydjalbii
At a glance
FamilyGrassbirds and Allies
SizeSmall
RarityCommon
Best timeMost reliable in New South Wales from October.
Sounds
Sound sampleRecorded by Marc Anderson
Range map
Range map
200approx hotspots
91481approx records
6states
Low confidenceMediumHigh confidence
Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Overview
Similar female White-winged Triller has white-edged wing panel. Brown Songlark larger, with longer legs and bill and more strongly patterned upperparts. Found across much of Australia, less so in the southeast, in treeless open habitats.
Behavior
Spectacular song includes long sequences of trills and loud electrical phrases, very unlike Brown Songlark.
Gallery
Regional timing
Queensland
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Australian Capital Territory