Passeriformes
Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
HBW 12, p. 544
- Small to medium-small passerines, most with short and rounded wings and fairly short tail, slender bill, a few with deeper and broader bill, terrestrial species with relatively strong legs and feet; plumage olive-green or drab brown, many species with some rufous, yellow or white patches, some also streaked.
- Australasian Region and south-west Pacific, three species in Oriental Region.
- Varied habitats, from tropical rainforest, mangroves and saltmarsh to dry woodland, heath and arid scrub.
- 14 genera, 63 species, 196 taxa.
- 1 species threatened; 1 extinct since 1600.
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- 5 1 1 3 8 1 Pilotbird (Pycnoptilus floccosus)
- 2 2 8 2 Rockwarbler (Origma solitaria)
- 2 1 1 8 3 Fernwren (Oreoscopus gutturalis)
- 3 2 1 8 4 Rusty Mouse-warbler (Crateroscelis murina)
- 0 8 5 Bicoloured Mouse-warbler (Crateroscelis nigrorufa)
- 2 1 1 8 6 Mountain Mouse-warbler (Crateroscelis robusta)
- 14 1 6 7 8 7 Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis)
- 39 4 19 16 8 8 White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
- 3 2 1 8 9 Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis)
- 2 1 1 8 10 Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)
- 6 3 3 8 11 Large Scrubwren (Sericornis nouhuysi)
- 0 8 12 Perplexing Scrubwren (Sericornis virgatus)
- 1 1 8 13 Tropical Scrubwren (Sericornis beccarii)
- 4 2 2 8 14 Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra)
- 0 8 15 Pale-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis spilodera)
- 1 1 8 16 Buff-faced Scrubwren (Sericornis perspicillatus)
- 1 1 8 17 Vogelkop Scrubwren (Sericornis rufescens)
- 2 1 1 8 18 Papuan Scrubwren (Sericornis papuensis)
- 0 8 19 Grey-green Scrubwren (Sericornis arfakianus)
- 3 2 1 8 20 Scrubtit (Acanthornis magna)
- 4 4 8 21 Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia)
- 11 2 6 3 8 22 Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta)
- 15 2 6 7 8 23 Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
- 2 1 1 8 24 Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris)
- 1 1 8 25 Western Fieldwren (Calamanthus montanellus)
- 8 1 6 1 8 26 Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus)
- 17 6 11 8 27 Speckled Warbler (Chthonicola sagittatus)
- 24 2 14 8 8 28 Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris)
- 4 3 1 8 29 Rufous-sided Gerygone (Gerygone dorsalis)
- 4 1 2 1 8 30 Yellow-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone chrysogaster)
- 9 2 5 2 8 31 Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)
- 15 2 8 5 8 32 Grey Gerygone (Gerygone igata)
- 1 1 8 33 Chatham Gerygone (Gerygone albofrontata)
- 1 1 6 34 Norfolk Gerygone (Gerygone modesta)
- 1 1 8 35 Dusky Gerygone (Gerygone tenebrosa)
- 10 2 7 1 8 36 Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster)
- 12 3 2 7 8 37 Fan-tailed Gerygone (Gerygone flavolateralis)
- 12 1 5 6 8 38 Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
- 3 3 8 39 Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
- 0 3 40 Biak Gerygone (Gerygone hypoxantha)
- 7 1 3 3 8 41 Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea)
- 7 4 2 1 8 42 Plain Gerygone (Gerygone inornata)
- 4 1 2 1 8 43 Brown-breasted Gerygone (Gerygone ruficollis)
- 1 1 8 44 Mountain Gerygone (Gerygone cinerea)
- 3 3 8 44 Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota)
- 6 2 4 8 46 Fairy Gerygone (Gerygone palpebrosa)
- 21 2 11 8 8 47 White-throated Gerygone (Gerygone olivacea)
- 2 1 1 8 48 Papuan Thornbill (Acanthiza murina)
- 2 1 1 8 49 Mountain Thornbill (Acanthiza katherina)
- 20 1 11 8 8 50 Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- 11 7 4 8 51 Inland Thornbill (Acanthiza apicalis)
- 4 3 1 8 52 Tasmanian Thornbill (Acanthiza ewingii)
- 9 2 5 2 8 53 Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza uropygialis)
- 1 1 8 54 Slaty-backed Thornbill (Acanthiza robustirostris)
- 3 3 8 55 Western Thornbill (Acanthiza inornata)
- 19 3 8 8 8 56 Buff-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza reguloides)
- 3 1 1 1 8 57 Slender-billed Thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei)
- 25 2 14 9 8 58 Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
- 5 2 3 8 59 Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana)
- 15 1 9 5 8 60 Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)
- 12 1 3 8 8 61 Southern Whiteface (Aphelocephala leucopsis)
- 8 7 1 6 62 Chestnut-breasted Whiteface (Aphelocephala pectoralis)
- 2 2 8 63 Banded Whiteface (Aphelocephala nigricincta)
Family statistics
14 genera, 63 species
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| 14 genera | (100%) |
| 58 species | (92%) |
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