>Pyrrholaemus sagittatus (Speckled Warbler)

Speckled Warbler

Speckled Warbler
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Subfamily:	Acanthizinae
Genus:	Pyrrholaemus
Species:	P. sagittatus
Binomial name
Pyrrholaemus sagittatus (Latham, 1801)
Synonyms
Chthonicola sagittatus

The Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Conservation status

International

On the IUCN Red List, the Speckled Warbler was uplisted from Near Threatened to Least Concernstatus in 2000; having turned out to be more common than previously believed, but was downlisted to Near Threatened again in the 2007 IUCN Red List.

Australia

Speckled Warbler are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

State of New South Wales, Australia

The Speckled Warbler is listed as "Vulnerable" under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act.

State of Victoria, Australia

• The Speckled Warbler is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has not been prepared.

• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Speckled Warbler is listed as vulnerable.

SE Queensland, Australia

>Pyrrholaemus brunneus (Redthroat)

Redthroat

Redthroat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Pyrrholaemus
Species:	P. brunneus
Binomial name
Pyrrholaemus brunneus (Gould, 1841)

The Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus) is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family (previously part of the Pardalotidae family). It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

Conservation status

Redthroats are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. However, their conservation status varies from state to state within Australia. For example:

• The Redthroat is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has not yet been prepared.

• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Redthroat is listed asendangered.

>>Genus Pyrrholaemus

Pyrrholaemus

Pyrrholaemus
Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Pyrrholaemus Gould, 1840

Pyrrholaemus is a genus of bird in the Acanthizidae family. It contains the following species:

• Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus)
• Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus)

>Calamanthus montanellus (Western Fieldwren)

Western Fieldwren

Western Fieldwren
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Calamanthus
Species:	C. montanellus
Binomial name
Calamanthus montanellus (Milligan, 1903)
Synonyms
Calamanthus campestris montanellus

The Western Fieldwren or Calamanthus (Calamanthus montanellus) is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family, endemic to southwestern Australia. It is often considered a subspecies of the Rufous Fieldwren, most notably by Christidis and Boles in their 2008 work, but as a separate species by many other authorities including the IOC.

>Calamanthus fuliginosus (Striated Fieldwren)

Striated Fieldwren

Striated Fieldwren
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Calamanthus
Species:	C. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Calamanthus fuliginosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

The Striated Fieldwren or Calamanthus (Calamanthus fuliginosus) is a species of bird in theAcanthizidae family, endemic to Australia.

>Calamanthus campestris (Rufous Fieldwren)

Rufous Fieldwren

 

Rufous Fieldwren
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Calamanthus
Species:	C. campestris
Binomial name
Calamanthus campestris (Gould, 1841)

The Rufous Fieldwren or Calamanthus (Calamanthus campestris) is a species of bird in theAcanthizidae family, endemic to Australia.

>>Genus Calamanthus

Calamanthus

Calamanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Calamanthus Gould, 1838

Calamanthus is a genus of bird in the Acanthizidae family. It contains the following species:

• Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris)
• Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
• Western Fieldwren (Calamanthus montanellus) - sometimes considered a subspecies of the Rufous Fieldwren.

>Hylacola pyrrhopygia (Chestnut-rumped Heathwren)

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren

 

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pardalotidae
Genus:	Hylacola
Species:	H. pyrrhopygia
Binomial name
Hylacola pyrrhopygia (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Synonyms
Calamanthus pyrrhopygius

The Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia) is a species of bird in thePardalotidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Conservation status

Australia

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren are not listed as threatened on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Victoria

• A subspecies of the Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (C. p. pyrrhopygius) listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has not been prepared.
• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, this species is listed as vulnerable.

>Hylacola cauta (Shy Heathwren)

Shy Heathwren

Shy Heathwren
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Hylacola
Species:	H. cauta
Binomial name
Hylacola cauta Gould, 1843
Synonyms
Hylacola cautus Sericornis cautus Calamanthus cautus Shy Hylacola Mallee Hylacola Malleewren

The Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta) is a species of small bird in the Acanthizidae family,endemic to Australia. They inhabit mostly mallee woodland that has relatively dense shrub andheath understorey. Shy Heathwrens feed mostly on ground dwelling insects; rarely on seeds. Their ground level nests are dome-shaped and usually concealed within grass tussocks or shrubs.Within the nest they typically lay 2-3 freckled and pinkish eggs.

The birds are cock-tailed bird with a chestnut rump that darkens towards the tip. Their feathers are white with brown streaking underneath and greyish-brown on the back and crown. They have a white eyebrow, tail tip and patch on the flight feathers and a black bill. Their eyes are brown to yellowish-brown and legs are slate-brown. Females have slightly duller colouring, and immature birds duller again with some of these being fawn coloured underneath.

They are uncommon residents across a wide part of Australia. Ranging from near West Wyalong inNew South Wales to the Murchison River in Western Australia. In New South Wales they are found in two isolated populations - one between Leeton, Willandra, New South Wales, Nymageeand West Wyalong, and the other from Balranald to Trentham Cliffs. Within the state they are seen as a threatened and vulnerable species, largely due to human wrought habitat loss and predationby foxes and cats.

Their taxonomic name was formerly Calamanthus cautus—classing them as fieldwrens— until they were renamed in 2008.

>>Genus Hylacola

Hylacola

Hylacola
Hylacola cauta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Hylacola Gould, 1843

Hylacola is a genus of bird in the Acanthizidae family. It contains the following species:

• Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta)
• Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia)

>>Genus Acanthornis (Scrubtit)

Scrubtit

Scrubtit
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Acanthornis Legge, 1887
Species:	A. magna
Binomial name
Acanthornis magna (Gould, 1855)
Synonyms
Acanthornis magnus

The Scrubtit (Acanthornis magna) is a species of bird in the thornbill family Acanthizidae. It ismonotypic within the genus Acanthornis,^{[citation needed]} and is endemic to Tasmania and King Island in Australia. Its natural habitat is the temperate rainforest, Nothofagus beech forest andeucalypt woodland. It is a small species that resembles the Sericornis scrubwrens (with which is was once placed).

The Scrubtit is 11–12 cm long and weighs around 10 g. The plumage consists of a white throat and belly, a brown back, crown, flank and tail, black wings and grey on the face. The eye is pale and the bill is short, black and slightly curved. The species is often silent but makes quite contact callsand has a song described as "sweet [and] musical".

The Scrubtit forages individually, in pairs or in small family groups near the ground in dense cover. It feeds on small invertebrates, particularly insects and their eggs. The species will associate withmixed-species feeding flocks. The species is territorial and monogamous, with the breeding season lasting from September to January. The nest is a weaved globe with a side entrance, lined with feathers and fur, camouflaged and usually found between 1–3 m off the ground. The clutch size is usually 3 eggs, although no information exists about incubation or nestling times. Both parents feed the chicks in the nest. The species is victim to brood parasitism by Fan-tailed Cuckoos and Shining Bronze Cuckoos, and quolls also take eggs and nestlings.

The species has a restricted range but is not considered threatened by the IUCN. The subspecies found on King Island is considered critically endangered however. The species is shy and unobtrusive and is seldom observed by people.

>Sericornis virgatus (Perplexing Scrubwren)

Perplexing Scrubwren

Perplexing Scrubwren
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Sericornis
Species:	S. virgatus
Binomial name
Sericornis virgatus (Reichenow, 1915)

The Perplexing Scrubwren (Sericornis virgatus) is a bird species. Placed in the familyPardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this has met with opposition and indeed is now known to be wrong; they rather belong to the independent family Acanthizidae.

It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>Sericornis spilodera (Pale-billed Scrubwren)

Pale-billed Scrubwren

Pale-billed Scrubwren
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Sericornis
Species:	S. spilodera
Binomial name
Sericornis spilodera (Gray, 1859)

The Pale-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis spilodera) is a bird species. Placed in the familyPardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this has met with opposition and indeed is now known to be wrong; they rather belong to the independent family Acanthizidae.

It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.