>Campephaga quiscalina (Purple-throated Cuckooshrike)

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Campephaga
Species:	C. quiscalina
Binomial name
Campephaga quiscalina Finsch, 1869

The Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Angola,Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea,Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>Acanthiza ewingii (Tasmanian Thornbill)

Tasmanian Thornbill

Tasmanian Thornbill
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pardalotidae
Genus:	Acanthiza
Species:	A. ewingii
Binomial name
Acanthiza ewingii Gould, 1844

The Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii) is a small brown bird only found in Tasmania and the islands in the Bass Strait. It is a common bird in these regions, often found in rainforests, wetforests, and scrublands. It occurs exclusively in cold and wet areas. Its diet revolves primarily around small insects, which it scrounges up and feeds on close to the ground^.

Averaging 10 centimeters in length, the Tasmanian Thornbill is a small bird. Primarily light brown in coloration, the bird has a white undertail and a grey-streaked breast. There is no significant coloration or size differentiation between sexes.

The Tasmanian Thornbill has been assessed as a secure species, and its current status is listed as "Least Concern".