Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAcanthizidae (Thornbills and Allies)
- GenusAcanthiza (Australasian Thornbills)
- SpeciesAcanthiza pusilla (Brown Thornbill)
Closest Relatives at Booderee National Park
Striated Thornbill
Acanthiza lineata
Yellow Thornbill
Acanthiza nana
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza reguloides
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
White-browed Scrubwren
Sericornis frontalis
Brown Gerygone
Gerygone mouki
Rockwarbler
Origma solitaria
Large-billed Scrubwren
Sericornis magnirostra
Weebill
Smicrornis brevirostris
Calamanthus pyrrhopygius
Calamanthus pyrrhopygius
Yellow-Throated Scrubwren
Sericornis citreogularis
New Holland Honeyeater
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
📅 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 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Thornbill in Booderee National Park?
About 47% of visitor-days record a Brown Thornbill sighting in Booderee National Park, based on 145 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Thornbill in Booderee National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Brown Thornbill in Booderee National Park in our monthly data.