Gilbert’s Whistlers

The Gilbert’s Whistler can be sedentary or locally nomadic. They are somewhat uncommon and can be hard to find, though from my experience their call – which is often made in response to our presence – can be the best way to locate a bird. Their calls are similar to the rare Red-lored Whistler which we had no luck locating at Gluepot, however we managed to find a number of both male and female Gilbert’s Whistlers in various locations across Gluepot.

Here are two photos of a male Gilbert’s and one shot of a female.

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The very plain female caught our attention when she gave alarm calls in response to a circling Brown Goshawk.