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Species profile—Hylacola pyrrhopygia (chestnut-rumped heathwren)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Acanthizidae (thornbills and gerygones) → Hylacola pyrrhopygia (chestnut-rumped heathwren)

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Acanthizidae (thornbills and gerygones)
Scientific name
Hylacola pyrrhopygia (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Common name
chestnut-rumped heathwren
WildNet taxon ID
1399
Synonym(s)
Acanthiza pyrrhopygia
Sericornis tyrannula
Sericornis pyrrhopygius
Hylacola pyrrhopygius
Calamanthus pyrrhopygius
Calamanthus pyrrhopygia
Alternate name(s)
Charleville scrubwren
scrub-warbler
scrub warbler
red-rumped wren
red-rumped scrub-warbler
northern scrubwren
large groundwren
heath-wren
heathwren
heath wren
ground-wren
groundwren
Geelong groundwren
eastern hylacola
chestnut-tailed hylacola
chestnut-tailed heath-wren
chestnut-tailed heathwren
chestnut-tailed ground-wren
chestnut-tailed groundwren
chestnut-rumped hylacola
chestnut-rumped heath wren
chestnut-rumped ground-wren
chestnut-rumped groundwren
chestnut rumped hylacola
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1399.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022