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Alternative name: Shy Hylacola
- Hylacola cautu
Calamanthus cautas
Identification
Distribution
Taxonomy
Calamanthus cautus has four subspecies:
- H. c. macrorhyncha
- Central New South Wales
- H. c. cauta
- Eyre Peninsula and Flinders Ranges to north-western Victoria and adjacent New South Wales
- H. c. halmaturina
- Kangaroo Island (South Australia)
- H. c. whitlocki
- South-central Western Australia
Habitat
Shrubby vegetation.
Behaviour
Forage in the shade of dense vegetation, but are not particularly shy, despite the common name.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
