Scrub-birds (Atrichornithidae)
Rufous Scrub-bird (Atrichornis rufescens) - HBW 9, p. 482
French: Atrichorne roux
German: Rostbauch-Dickichtvogel
Spanish: Matorralero Rojizo
Other common names: Eastern Scrub-bird
Taxonomy: Atrichia rufescens E. P. Ramsay, 1867, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia.
Birds from S Queensland (Macpherson Range) described as race jacksoni, but considered indistinguishable from nominate. Described taxon tweedi (from R Tweed, New South Wales) synonymized with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufescens (E. P. Ramsay, 1867) - E side of Great Divide from extreme SE Queensland (Mistake Range) S to extreme N New South Wales (S to Gibraltar Range).
- ferrieri Schodde & Mason, 1999 - NE New South Wales (from Dorrigo Plateau S to Barrington Tops).
- Vulnerable
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