Slender-billed thornbill Acanthiza iredalei

Small bird with thin pointed bill, found in coastal marshes, heath, and around salt lakes from southern Western Australia to southern South Australia. Grayish brown above, pale with faint speckling on chest below, with pale eye and faint pale-and-dark grizzling in face. Dark tail contrasts with paler rump. Forages in small flocks in understory bushes and also on the ground.