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- Acanthiza iredalei
Identification
10 cm. Olive-grey above, black patch with white scalloping on forehead, cream band from base of bill to behind the eyes, cream ear-coverts, chin and throat with fine dusky flecking, pale-buff rump patch, black tail with a pale-grey tip. Cream underparts. Black or grey-black bill, off-white to cream or cream-yellow irises, and black legs and feet. Sexes are similar.
Distribution
Southern Western Australia and south-western South Australia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Arid and semi arid shrublands and mangroves.
Behaviour
It builds a dome-shaped or globular, from strips of bark and grass, bound together with cobwebs, lined with plant down or other soft material. It has a side entrance. 2-4 white with small red-brown spots eggs are laid. Both parents feed the young.
The diet includes caterpillars, grasshoppers, beetles, bees, ants and spiders. It forages on the ground and in low shrubs, obtaining most of its food by gleaning. It also captures insects in flight.
References
- environment.gov.au
