Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface (Aphelocephala pectoralis) - HBW 12, p. 610
French: Gérygone à collier roux
German: Braunbrust-Weißstirnchen
Spanish: Cariblanco Pectoral
Other common names: Chestnut breasted Whiteface/Tit
Taxonomy: Xerophila pectoralis Gould, 1871, Port Augusta, South Australia.
Monotypic.
Distribution: C South Australia (centred around Mt Lyndhurst, Oodnadatta and Coober Pedy).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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One bird perched atop a saltbush. Locality Mount Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 20 August 2008 1 year ago 55 sec 1.5
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Perched on a saltbush
Locality Mount Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 14 August 2011 18 weeks ago 3.8 -
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface perched on a saltbush
Locality Mount Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 14 August 2011 10 weeks ago 3.8 -
Male perched on a bush
Locality Mount Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 14 August 2011 18 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird perched atop a saltbush, digiscoped
Locality Mount Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 20 August 2008 1 year ago 3 -
A stunning adult was found foraging on low bushes on a gibber stone strewn hill side very early morning. It was rather conspic
Locality Mount Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 4 April 2010 1 year ago 2.7 -
One bird (from a group of 6) perched atop a bush. Digiscoped.
Locality Mount Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Track, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 23 June 2010 1 year ago 2.3
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