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 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
Tasmanian Thornbill
Acanthiza ewingii
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Tasmanian Scrubwren
Sericornis humilis
Scrubtit
Acanthornis magna
Striated Fieldwren
Calamanthus fuliginosus
Black Currawong
Strepera fuliginosa
Crescent Honeyeater
Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus
Yellow Wattlebird
Anthochaera paradoxa
Yellow-throated Honeyeater
Nesoptilotis flavicollis
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
Pink Robin
Petroica rodinogaster
Grey Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa
📅 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 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?
About 27% of visitor-days record a Brown Thornbill sighting in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, based on 64 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Thornbill in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Brown Thornbill in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in our monthly data.