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Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla (Shaw, 1790)
The Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) is a passerine bird usually found in eastern and south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It can grow up to 10 cm long, and feeds on insects. [1] Source: Wikipedia
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Acanthizidae
Genus:
Acanthiza
Scientific:
Acanthiza pusilla
Citation:
(Shaw, 1790)
Reference:
J.voy.NewS.Wales[White] p.257,pl.
Protonym:
Motacilla Pusilla
Avibase ID:
8F6C8E9EC201F6D5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8F6C8E9E
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558381
Geographic range:
- Acanthiza pusilla [pusilla or samueli]: E Australia (se Queensland to s Victoria and se South Australia)
- Acanthiza pusilla dawsonensis: E Queensland (Bowen to Dawes Range)
- Acanthiza pusilla magnirostris: King I. (Bass Strait). Probably extinct?
- Acanthiza pusilla zietzi: Kangaroo I. (South Australia)
- Acanthiza pusilla diemenensis: Tasmania and Deal I. (Bass Strait)
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Source: Clements checklist
Brown Thornbill
Catalan:
acantiça de front vermell
Czech:
střízlíkovec rudooký
Danish:
Brun Mejsesanger
German:
Roststirn-Dornschnabel
Spanish:
Acantiza Parda
Spanish (Spain):
Acantiza Parda
Finnish:
kaneliperämaluri
French:
Acanthize mignon
Croatian:
riđočela trnokljunka
Hungarian:
barna ausztrálposzáta
Italian:
Beccospino bruno
Japanese (romaji):
chairotogehashimushikui
Japanese:
チャイロトゲハシムシクイ
Lithuanian:
Rudasis spygliasnapis
Dutch:
Bruine Doornsnavel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bruntornsmett
Norwegian:
Bruntornsmett
Polish:
buszówka brazowa
Portuguese:
Acantiza-castanho
Russian:
Рыжелобая шипоклювка
Slovak:
ostrozobka hrdzavočelá
Swedish:
rostpannad taggnäbb
Ukrainian:
Шиподзьоб бурий
Chinese:
褐刺嘴莺
Chinese (Traditional):
褐色刺嘴鶯
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Acanthize mignon ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Acanthize mignon ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters: Acanthiza pusilla [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (original): Acanthiza pusilla [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Acanthiza pusilla [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Brown Thornbill ( Acanthiza pusilla) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Acanthiza pusilla [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Acanthiza pusilla [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Acanthiza [pusilla or apicalis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
Catalan: acantiça de front vermell
Czech: Strízlíkovec malinký, střízlíkovec rudooký
Danish: Brun Mejsesanger, Brunpandet Mejsesanger, Skælpandet Mejsesanger
German: Roststirn-Dornschnabel, Rotstirn-Dornschnabel
English: Brown Thornbill
English (IOC): Brown Thornbill
Spanish: Acantiza Parda, Acanzisa Castaña
Spanish (Spain): Acantiza Parda
Spanish (HBW): Brown Thornbill
Finnish: Kaneliperämaluri
French: Acanthiza à croupion roux, Acanthize mignon
Croatian: riđočela trnokljunka
Hungarian: barna ausztrálposzáta
Italian: Becco a spina bruno, Beccospino bruno
Japanese (romaji): chabitaitogehashimushikui, chairotogehashimushikui
Japanese: チャイロトゲハシムシクイ, チャビタイトゲハシムシクイ
Scientific: Acanthiza pusilla, Acanthiza pusilla pusilla, Motacilla Pusilla
Lithuanian: Rudasis spygliasnapis
Dutch: Bruine Doornsnavel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bruntornsmett
Norwegian: Bruntornsmett
Polish: buszówka brazowa, buszówka brązowa, Buszówka rudosterna
Portuguese: Acantiza-castanho
Russian: Рыжелобая шипоклювка
Slovak: Ostrozobka hrdzavočelá
Swedish: Brun taggnäbb, rostpannad taggnäbb
Ukrainian: Шиподзьоб бурий
Chinese: 褐刺嘴莺
Chinese (Traditional): 褐色刺嘴鶯
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