Monday, June 25, 2012

>Atrichornis clamosus (Noisy Scrub-bird)

Noisy Scrub-bird



Noisy Scrub-bird
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Atrichornithidae
Genus:Atrichornis
Species:A. clamosus
Binomial name
Atrichornis clamosus
(Gould, 1844)
The Noisy Scrub-bird (Atrichornis clamosus) is a species of bird in the Atrichornithidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Distribution and habitat

It was presumed extinct until a population was discovered at Two Peoples Bay, East of Albany in Western Australia in the 1960s. Since then a recovery plan has been put into action. Populations of the bird have been translocated to nearby Waychinicup National Park, Bald Island as well as the Porongorup Ranges, where a wildfire destroyed much of the population. All reserves where it is known to exist are now baited with 1080 to control foxes. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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