Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Speckled Warbler (Chthonicola sagittatus) - HBW 12, p. 591
French: Séricorne fléché
German: Grundhuscher
Spanish: Sedosito Moteado
Other common names: Australian Speckled Warbler, Little/Speckled Fieldwren, Streaked Warbler, Chocolate-bird, Speckled Jack
Taxonomy: Sylvia sagittata Latham, 1801, Port Jackson area, New South Wales, Australia.
Sometimes placed in genus Pyrrholaemus on grounds of structural similarities and some DNA traits in common with latter. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Australia from E Queensland S to SW Victoria; mainly on slopes and tablelands of Great Dividing Range.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A juvenile perched on a branch, begging, and then an adult feeds the juvenile. Locality Campbell Park, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 3 November 2005 2 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
Male calling. Locality Shepards Lookout, Woodstock Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 5 March 2012 8 weeks ago 1 min 16 sec 4 -
Male foraging Locality Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 8 February 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 4 -
Male foraging and flying off (shown in slow motion - 10% - to show tail pattern) Locality Shepards Lookout, Woodstock Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 24 May 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 3.8 -
Female foraging through grass. Locality Shepards Lookout, Woodstock Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 24 May 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 3.7 -
A male walking and foraging on the ground Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 21 May 2005 4 years ago 20 sec 3.6
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Speckled warbler singing.
Locality Callum Brae, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 29 December 2011 21 weeks ago 4 -
birdon branch
Locality Durikai State Forest, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 October 2011 31 weeks ago 3.8 -
Speckled warbler, nesting out of season following heavy summer rain.
Locality Callum Brae, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 2 April 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
Male foraging on ground.
Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 26 May 2007 2 years ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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