Poole, Karen E.
Acanthiza
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Acanthiza is a genus of passeriform birds, most endemic to Australia, but with two species (A. murina and A. cinerea) restricted to New Guinea. These birds are commonly known as thornbills. They are not closely related to species in the hummingbird genera Chalcostigma and Ramphomicron, which are also called thornbills.
Species
Brown Thornbill
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPardalotidae
Acanthiza, es un género de Ave Passeriformes de la familia de los Acanthizidae, contiene 13 especies que habitan en Australia. Son pequeñas aves insectívoras que alcanzan los 10 centímetros de diámetro y pesan unos 7 gramos.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 91
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Acanthizidae
- Collections
- ANWC, NMV, MCZ, FMNH, CLO, ROM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Papua New Guinea
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Encyclopedic overview
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Acanthiza is a genus of passeriform birds, most endemic to Australia, but with two species (A. murina and A. cinerea) restricted to New Guinea. These birds are commonly known as thornbills. They are not closely related to species in the hummingbird genera Chalcostigma and Ramphomicron, which are also called thornbills.
==Taxonomy== The genus Acanthiza was introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield with Motacilla pusilla Shaw, the brown thornbill as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ακανθα/akantha meaning "thorn" with ζαω/zaō "to inhabit" or "to live".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acanthiza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.