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In Australia, Weebill is a small understorey bird most often encountered in open woodland, scrub, forest edge, gardens, and mixed canopy with active insect life across Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, and the Northern Territory.
Not listed
Endemic to Australia
Indigenous: Mindjarru, Malgœrn'gœrn, Brown Weebill, Southern Treetit, Tree-Tit, Short-Billed Treetit, Yellow-Tinted Treetit, Yellow-Tinted Scrub-Tit, Yellow Treetit, Scrub-Tit, Yellow Weebill, Southern Weebill, Short-Billed Scrub-Tit
At a glance
FamilyThornbills and Allies
SizeTiny
RarityCommon
HabitatOpen woodland, scrub, forest edge, gardens, and mixed canopy with active insect life.
Best timeReported across most months in Victoria, with no narrow seasonal peak.
Sounds
Sound sampleRecorded by Peter Boesman
Range map
Range map
10841visible hotspots
251866visible records
5states
SparseModerateDense hotspot
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
Upperparts gray-brown, underparts variably cream and yellow, with pale eyebrow and pale eye. Distinctive loud song, given year-round, often rendered “I’m a wee-bill!”
Behavior
Inhabits dry, open woodlands, especially eucalypt forests. Very vocal as it forages in trees, where it feeds primarily on insects, sometimes in mixed flocks with thornbills and pardalotes.
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