Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia) - HBW 12, p. 588
French: Séricorne à croupion roux
German: Heidehuscher
Spanish: Sedosito Culirrojo
Other common names: Chestnut-rumped Groundwren/Hylacola, Chestnut-tailed Heathwren/Groundwren/Hylacola, Geelong Groundwren, Eastern Hylacola, Charleville Scrubwren, Red-rumped Scrub-warbler
Taxonomy: Acanthiza pyrrhopygia Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Sydney region, New South Wales, Australia.
Often placed in genus Calamanthus. Forms a species pair with H. cauta. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pyrrhopygia (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) - coastal SE Australia S from granite belt of SE Queensland, inland to W slopes of Great Dividing Range, and extreme SE South Australia and much of Victoria.
- pedleri (Schodde & Mason, 1999) - S Flinders Range, in South Australia.
- parkeri (Schodde & Mason, 1999) - Mt Lofty Ranges, in South Australia.
- Least Concern
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