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Alternative name: Rufous Calamanthus
- Calamanthus campestris
Identification
Distribution
Taxonomy
Calamanthus campestris has seven subspecies: C. c. winiam
- Sandplain heaths of south-eastern South Australia and adjacent western Victoria
C. c. campestris
- South-eastern Western Australia through South Australia to north-western Victoria
C. c. rubiginosus
- Coastal areas of central Western Australia
C. c. hartogi
- Dirk Hartog Island (Western Australia)
C. c. dorrie
- Dorre Island (Western Australia)
C. c. wayensis
- Salt lakes of central Western Australia
C. c. isabellinus
- North of Lake Eyre-Frome basin of South Australia and adjacent western New South Wales
Western Fieldwren Calamanthus montanellus is considered conspecific with Rufous Fieldwren by some authorities.
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rufous Fieldwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous_Fieldwren