Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Buff-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza reguloides) - HBW 12, p. 607
French: Acanthize à croupion beige
German: Goldhähnchen-Dornschnabel
Spanish: Acantiza Reguloide
Other common names: Buff-rumped Tit/Tit-warbler, Buff-tailed Thornbill/Tit/Tit-warbler, Bark/Scaly-breasted/South Australian Tit; Varied Thornbill, Varied Tit/Tit-warbler (squamata)
Taxonomy: Acanthiza reguloides Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Parramatta and Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.
Genetically closest to A. inornata, perhaps forming a superspecies with it. Race squamata has in the past been treated as a separate species. Cline of increasing yellow and less buff coloration from S to N, but variation could be interpreted also as stepped gradients. Nominate race intergrades with nesa in NE New South Wales and with australis in W Victoria. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- squamata De Vis, 1889 - E Queensland (Atherton Tablelands S to Broad Sound), in NE Australia.
- nesa (Mathews, 1920) - SE Queensland and NE New South Wales.
- reguloides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - SE Australia from New South Wales (inland to inner W slopes of Great Dividing Range) S to Victoria.
- australis (North, 1904) - SE South Australia and SW Victoria.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Foraging on the ground - other nearby buff-rumped thornbills calling. Locality Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 2 August 2011 42 weeks ago 9 sec 4.4 -
Nest with young being fed. Locality Kama Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 7 December 2011 24 weeks ago 56 sec 4 -
Feeding on the ground around a log. Locality Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 9 August 2010 1 year ago 16 sec 4 -
A bird picking an insect and flying away Locality Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp reguloides)
Nick Talbot 20 May 2005 4 years ago 9 sec 4 -
An immature finding food on the ground Locality Mount Crawford, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (ssp reguloides)
Peter Waanders 15 August 2003 8 years ago 1 min 12 sec 3.6 -
A bird moving in a tree. Locality Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia (ssp reguloides)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2009 1 year ago 27 sec 3.5
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Buff-rumped Thornbill
Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Robin Eckermann 25 June 2011 35 weeks ago 4.5 -
Buff-rumped thornbill
Locality Callum Brae, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 28 December 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Perched
Locality Williamsdale, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 19 August 2007 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird perching on a fence.
Locality Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia (ssp reguloides)
Nick Talbot 10 January 2012 13 weeks ago 3.6 -
Buff-rumped thornbill.
Locality Orroral Valley, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 17 September 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
A bird perching on a fence.
Locality Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia (ssp reguloides)
Nick Talbot 10 January 2012 13 weeks ago 3.3
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A group of birds in roadside vegetation. Locality Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp reguloides)
Nick Talbot 7 January 2012 11 weeks ago 3 -
Birds calling in roadside vegetation. Locality Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp reguloides)
Nick Talbot 7 January 2012 11 weeks ago 3
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