Inland Thornbill - BirdForum Opus

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Photo © The Magpie
Western Australia, February 2006

Acanthiza apicalis

Identification

Grey above with white scallops on the forehead. It has a cinnamon-russet tone of the flanks, undertail coverts and belly

Distribution

Australia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• A. a. whitlocki:

• Inland southern Australia, extending to coast in west

• A. a. apicalis:

• Extreme south-western Western Australia east to western Victoria

• A. a. albiventris:

• Central Queensland and New South Wales to northern Victoria and eastern South Australia

• A. a. cinerascens:

• West-central Queensland

Habitat

It is found in dry scrub and woodland.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Inland Thornbill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Inland_Thornbill

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