THE WORLD BIRDS - An Online Bird Book
The Australasian Warbler family
Acanthizidae contains
Gerygones,
Thornbills, and
Scrubwrens. Most species are of dull color. They mainly feed on insects, but some also feed
on seeds. Many of the species that are now in
Acanthizidae were previously in the family
Pardalotidae.
Genus Acanthiza
The nest of the thornbills is a large dome-shaped construction, completely enclosed except for a side hole. It combines long incubation periods with highly synchronous hatching. This combination, normally impossible due to intense competition for food, occurs because parents and (usually) helpers can organise food supply in such a manner that sibling competition for food is virtually absent.
Thornbill,_Brown Acanthiza pusilla Found: Australia
Image by:
1,
2, 3, 4) Nik Borrows



Thornbill,_Buff-rumped Acanthiza reguloides Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
David Cook 2)
Nik_Borrow 3, 4) Patrick_K59



Thornbill,_Chestnut-rumped Acanthiza uropygialis Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
David Cook - Gluepot Reserve, South Australia, Australia 3)
Laurie_Boyle

Thornbill,_Inland Acanthiza apicalis Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 2) Nik_Borrow 3) Charlie Westerinen - Gladstone, Australia 4)
Sunflo - South Australia



Thornbill,_Mountain Acanthiza katherina Found: Australia
Image by:
1)
Tom Tarrant 2)
Brian_McCauley

Thornbill,_Papuan also
New Guinea Thornbill Acanthiza murina Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2)
Nigel_Voaden

Thornbill,_Slaty-backed Acanthiza robustirostris Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 2) Brian_McCauley

Thornbill,_Slender-billed Acanthiza iredalei Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Brian_McCauley 2)
Sam Gordon - South Australia

Thornbill,_Striated Acanthiza lineata Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 2)
David Cook - Wamboin, NSW, Australia 3)
Nik_Borrow 4)
Brian_McCauley



Thornbill,_Tasmanian Acanthiza ewingii Found: Tasmania
Image by: 1)
Davis Kwan 2)
Ron Knight 3)
Nik_Borrow


Thornbill,_Western Acanthiza inornata Found: Australia
Image by:
1)
Bio Div Lib 3)
Fred

Thornbill,_Yellow Acanthiza nana Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Brett Donald 2)
David Cook - Mulligan's Flat Nature
Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Thornbill,_Yellow-rumped Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 3) David Cook - Bungendore, NSW, Australia 3)
Charlie Westerinen
4)
Oystercatcher



Genus Acanthornis - 1 genus
Scrubtit Acanthornis magna Found: Tasmania and King Island of Australia
Image by: 1)
JJ Harrison - Tasmania
2, 3) Nik_Borrow


Genus Aphelocephala
Whiteface,_Banded Aphelocephala nigricincta Found: drier regions of Australia
Image by:
1)
Ron Knight - South Australia 2)
Laurie_Boyle 3)
Brian_McCauley


Whiteface,_Chestnut-breasted Aphelocephala pectoralis Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 2) Tony Morris - South Australia 3)
Brian_McCauley


Whiteface,_Southern Aphelocephala leucopsis Found: Australasia
Image by: 1)
Nik_Borrow.
2, 3) David Cook -
NSW, Australia 4)
Laurie_Boyle



Genus Calamanthus
Fieldwren,_Rufous Calamanthus campestris Found: Australia
Image by:
1)
Ron Knight - South Australia
Fieldwren,_Striated Calamanthus fuliginosus Found: Africa
Image by:
1)
Ron Knight 2)
Nik_Borrow 3)
birdsaspoetry


Genus Crateroscelis
The Mouse-Warblers
Warbler,_Bicolored_Mouse- Crateroscelis nigrorufa Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2) Katerina_Tvardikova

Warbler,_Mountain_Mouse- Crateroscelis robusta Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Katerina_Tvardikova


Warbler,_Rusty Mouse- Crateroscelis murina Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2) Katerina_Tvardikova 3)
Ross Tsai


Genus Drymodes
Scrubwren,_Southern Drymodes brunneopygia Found; dry southern parts of Australia
Image by:
1, 2) Brian_McCauley

Genus Gerygone
Gerygone,_Biak Gerygone hypoxantha Found: Biak island of western New Guinea
Image by: 1)
hbw.com
Gerygone,_Brown Gerygone mouki Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Aviceda - Lamington NP, SE Queensland
2)
David Cook - NSW, Australia 3)
Brian_McCauley


Gerygone,_Brown-breasted Gerygone ruficollis Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2)
Rosas Tsai

Gerygone,_Chatham Island Gerygone albofrontata Found: Chatham Islands of New Zealand
Image by:
1)
Charle Hullmandel
Gerygone,_Dusky Gerygone tenebrosa Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Darryl Jones
Gerygone,_Fairy Gerygone palpebrosa Found: Australasia, Indonesia
Image by: 1)
Brian_McCauley 2, 3, 4) Tom Tarrant



Gerygone,_Fan-tailed Gerygone flavolateralis Found: east of New Guinea in New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Image by: 1)
Roger Le Guen
Gerygone,_Golden-bellied Gerygone sulphurea Found: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
Image by:
1)
Michael Gillam - Thailand 2)
Naturelly - Singapore 3)
Ariefrahman


Gerygone,_Gray also
Gray Warbler Gerygone igata Found: New Zeakand
Image by:
1)
John Gerrard Keulemans 2)
Tom Tarrant - Canterbury, New Zealand 3)
Digital Trails


Gerygone,_Green-backed Gerygone chloronota Found: Australia, New Guinea
Image by: 1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2)
Tom_Tarrant - Northwest Territory (Australia)

Gerygone,_Large-billed Gerygone magnirostris Found: Australia, New Guinea
Image by:
1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2)
Aviceda - north Queensland 3)
Lip Kee - Northern Territory 4)
Jerry Oldenettel- Daintree, Australia



Gerygone,_Mangrove Gerygone levigaster Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Aviceda
Gerygone,_Norfolk Island Gerygone modesta Found: Norfolk Island (between Austraila and New Zealand)
Image by:
1)
Ed 2)
David_Cook

Gerygone,_Plain Gerygone inornata Found: Indonesia, East Timor
Image by:
1)
John Gerrard Keulemans
Gerygone,_Rufous-sided Gerygone dorsalis Found: east Indonesia on Lesser Sunda Islands and Kai Islands
Image by: 1)
Jon_Hornbuckle
Gerygone,_Western Gerygone fusca Found: Australasia
Image by: 1)
Brian_McCauley 2)
Nik_Borrow

Gerygone,_White-throated Gerygone olivacea Found: Australasia
Image by: 1)
David Cook - Wamboin, NSW, Australia 2)
Brian_McCauley

Gerygone,_Yellow-bellied Gerygone chrysogaster Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Katerina_Tvardikova


Genus Hylacola
Heathwren,_Chestnut-rumped Hylacola pyrrhopygia Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 2, 3)
David Cook - Wamboin, NSW, Australia


Heathwren,_Shy Hylacola cauta Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Ron Knight 2)
Nik_Borrow

Genus Oreoscopus - 1 species
Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis Found: northern Queensland (Australia)
Image by: 1)
Tim 2)
Mark_Sanders

Genus Origma - 1 species
Rockwarbler Origma solitaria Found: New South Wales (Australia)
Image by: 1)
Gary Warner 2)
David Cook - New South Wales 3)
Oystercatcher
1) Chick


Genus Pachycare - 1 species
Goldenface Pachycare flavogriseum Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2) Katerina_Tvardikova

Genus Pycnoptilus - 1 species
Pilotbird Pycnoptilus floccosus Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Mdekool 2)
Tony Morris 3)
Nik_Borrow


Genus Pyrrholaemus
Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 3) David Cook 2)
Tom Tarrant
1) Female 2) Juvenile male 3) Male

Warbler,_Speckled Pyrrholaemus sagittata Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Brian_McCauley 2)
Nik_Borrow 3, 4) David Cook - NSW, Australia
4) Speckled Warbler feeding Black-eared Cuckoo



Genus Smicrornis - 1 species
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 2) Nik_Borrow 3)
Laurie_Boyle


Genus Sericornis
Scrubwren,_Atherton Sericornis keri Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 2) Michael Atherton

Scrubwren,_Buff-faced Sericornis perspicillatus Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2) Katerina_Tvardikova 3)
Jerry Oldenettel - Papua New Guinea
3, 4) Nik_Borrow



Scrubwren,_Gray-green Sericornis arfakianus Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2)
hbw.com

Scrubwren,_Large Sericornis nouhuysi Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Katerina_Tvardikova 4)
Jerry Oldenettel - Papua New Guinea



Scrubwren,_Large-billed Sericornis magnirostra Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Brian_McCauley 2)
Michael Cooper 3)
David Cook


Scrubwren,_Pale-billed Sericornis spilodera Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Katerina_Tvardikova


Scrubwren,_Papuan Sericornis papuensis Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2) Katerina_Tvardikova 3)
Jerry Oldenettel - Papua New Guinea


Scrubwren,_Perplexing Sericornis virgatus Found: New Guinea
Image by:1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2)
hbw.com

Scrubwren,_Tasmanian Sericornis humilis Found: Tasmania and King Island
Image by: 1)
Sam Schmidt 2, 3) David Kwan

Scrubwren,_Tropical Sericornis beccarii Found: Australia, New Guinea
Image by: 1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2)
Jordon de Jong

Scrubwren,_Vogelkop Sericornis rufescens Found: New Guinea
Image by:1)
Katerina_Tvardikova 2)
Nigel_Voaden

Scrubwren,_White-browed Sericornis frontalis Found: Australia
Image by: 1, 2) Nik_Borrow 3)
David_Cook 4)
Brian_McCauley
1) Juvenile



Scrubwren,_Yellow-throated Sericornis citreogularis Found: Australia
Image by: 1)
Melanie 2)
Tom Tarrant 3)
David Cook


Family Ifritidae - 1 species
Ifrita,_Blue-capped Ifrita kowaldi Found: New Guinea
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Katerina_Tvardikova

