Yellow Thornbill
Acanthiza nana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAcanthizidae (Thornbills and Allies)
- GenusAcanthiza (Australasian Thornbills)
- SpeciesAcanthiza nana (Yellow Thornbill)
Closest Relatives at Blue Mountains National Park
Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla
Striated Thornbill
Acanthiza lineata
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza reguloides
White-browed Scrubwren
Sericornis frontalis
Brown Gerygone
Gerygone mouki
Rockwarbler
Origma solitaria
White-throated Gerygone
Gerygone olivacea
Yellow-Throated Scrubwren
Sericornis citreogularis
Pilotbird
Pycnoptilus floccosus
Large-billed Scrubwren
Sericornis magnirostra
Calamanthus pyrrhopygius
Calamanthus pyrrhopygius
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow Thornbill in Blue Mountains National Park?
About 17% of visitor-days record a Yellow Thornbill sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 966 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow Thornbill in Blue Mountains National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Yellow Thornbill in Blue Mountains National Park in our monthly data.