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Chestnut-rumped Heathwren

Hylacola pyrrhopygia (Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T 1827)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Scott Eaton 2020-09-14 Crusoe Reservoir and No. 7 Park, Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, Greater Bendigo (Australia)   -   262624201
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Eddy Smith 2021-02-06 Glenroy, Wattle Range Council, South Australia, Wattle Range - East (Australia) (60 m) adult, alarm call, call, male -

Post Edit: High Pass Filter (HPF) set at 12db and 1200Hz. Normalization at -3db. Noise Reduction Filter (NRF) at 5db with a sensitivity of 6.00 smoothed to frequency band 3.

Five adults- foraging mouse like on the ground in dry heath under - growth. The recorded sound is of one of these birds. I suspect its an alarm call or a contact call.

Recording gear: Zoom H5 recorder with a Sennheiser ME66 shotgun mic

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

748618
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Marc Anderson 2013-07-07 Kings Plains National Park (near Kings Plains), New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (850 m) song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

142441
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Liam Murphy 2016-12-19 Budderoo National Park--Budderoo Fire Trail, Kiama (Australia) (600 m) life stage uncertain, sex uncertain -

Two birds flushed from right beside the track. Upon disappearing back into the low heath commenced this repeated call sequence which I had never heard before or again since - a 3-note ascending whistle followed by 'ploink-ploink'. Perhaps a distress/alarm call. High-pass filter applied in post-processing to reduce wind noise.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

659939
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Ross Stewart 2025-06-26 , Adelaide Hills (Australia)   -   638093197
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Jack Armstrong 2024-01-20 , Surf Coast (Australia)   -   613744091
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Edward Smith 2021-02-06 Glen Roy Conservation Park, Wattle Range, South Australia, Australia, Wattle Range - East (Australia)   - Sounds of two adult birds from thick tangled heath vegetation on sandy soil. 308074221
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Greg McLachlan 2017-07-30 Long Point, Campbelltown City Council, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (70 m) song -

Bird calling from woodland heath just on dusk. Identification thanks to Marc Anderson

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

382230
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Zebedee Muller 2023-02-14 Gundaroo, Yass Valley Council, New South Wales, Yass Valley (Australia) (700 m) imitation, song, Rufous Whistler mimicry -

Perched up on top of a dead branch and calling. Mimicry of Rufous Whistler with a seep call in between.

801427
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Jay McGowan 2025-11-13 , Adelaide Hills (Australia)   -   648035170
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Chris Rehberg | Sydney Birding 2021-11-03 Conjola National Park, Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, Shoalhaven (Australia)   -   385069901
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Zebedee Muller 2025-09-04 Yerriyong, Shoalhaven City Council, New South Wales, Shoalhaven - Pt B (Australia) (300 m) alarm call, call -

Alarm contact call.

1041267
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Marc Anderson 2021-11-29 Coast Track (near Royal National Park), Sutherland Shire Council, New South Wales, Sutherland Shire - East (Australia) (30 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

733299
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Raghav Sharma 2025-11-22 , Sutherland (Australia)   -   645631915
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Zebedee Muller 2025-09-03 , Shoalhaven (Australia)   -   642311384
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Jack Armstrong 2024-02-03 , Surf Coast (Australia)   -   614369601
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Zebedee Muller 2025-09-04 , Shoalhaven (Australia)   -   642311580
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Zebedee Muller 2025-09-03 Sassafras, Shoalhaven City Council, New South Wales, Shoalhaven - Pt B (Australia) (750 m) song -

Song.

1041266
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Marc Anderson 2021-11-29 Coast Track (near Royal National Park), Sutherland Shire Council, New South Wales, Sutherland Shire - East (Australia) (30 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

733298
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Helen Erskine-Behr 2026-04-21 , Greater Bendigo (Australia)   -   655471262
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Ian & Gill 2025-08-15 , Greater Bendigo (Australia)   -   640302507
macaulaylibrary.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia Zebedee Muller 2026-02-21 Godfreys Creek, Hilltops Council, New South Wales, Boorowa (Australia) (600 m) call -

Harsh contact call in response to playback.

1082449
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia pyrrhopygia nick talbot 2015-10-24 Anglesea, Victoria, Victoria (Australia) (40 m) song -

A bird calling from think bushes.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

288010
xeno-canto.org
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren - Hylacola pyrrhopygia David Vickers 2018-04-22 , Blue Mountains (Australia)   -   95929701
macaulaylibrary.org
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