Atrichornis
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Scrubbirds are shy, secretive, ground-dwelling birds of the family Atrichornithidae. There are just two species. The rufous scrubbird is rare and very restricted in its range, and the noisy scrubbird is so rare that until 1961 it was thought to be extinct. Both are native to Australia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAtrichornithidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Atrichornithidae
- Collections
- ANSP, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Atrichornithidae
- Image
- Atrichornis-clamosus.jpg
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- taxon common name
- Кустарниковые птицы
- taxon name
- Atrichornis
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Atrichornis
- topic's main category
- Category:Atrichornis
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species of Atrichornithidae
- References
Scrubbirds are shy, secretive, ground-dwelling birds of the family Atrichornithidae. There are just two species. The rufous scrubbird is rare and very restricted in its range, and the noisy scrubbird is so rare that until 1961 it was thought to be extinct. Both are native to Australia.
The scrubbird family is ancient and is understood to be most closely related to the lyrebirds, and probably also the bowerbirds and treecreepers. All four families originated with the great corvid radiation of the Australia-New Guinea region.
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