Australasian Thornbills
Acanthiza
Acanthiza is a genus of passeriform birds, most endemic to Australia, but with two species (A. murina and A. cinerea) restricted to New Guinea. These birds are commonly known as thornbills. They are not closely related to species in the hummingbird genera Chalcostigma and Ramphomicron, which are also called thornbills.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Brown Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
Striated Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza lineata
Yellow Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza nana
Buff-rumped Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza reguloides
Inland Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza apicalis
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza uropygialis
Tasmanian Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza ewingii
Western Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza inornata
Slender-billed Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza iredalei
Mountain Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza katherina
Slaty-backed Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza robustirostris
Papuan Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza murina
Grey Thornbill
speciesAcanthiza cinerea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 13463.