Scrubtit

Scrubtit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Acanthornis
Legge, 1887
Species:
A. magna
Binomial name
Acanthornis magna
(Gould, 1855)
Subspecies[2]
  • A. m. magna - (Gould, 1855)
  • A. m. greeniana - Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999
Synonyms

Acanthornis magnus

The scrubtit (Acanthornis magna) is a species of bird in the thornbill family Acanthizidae. It is endemic to Tasmania and King Island in Australia. Its natural habitat is the temperate rainforest, Nothofagus beech forest and eucalypt woodland. It is a small species that resembles the Sericornis scrubwrens (with which it was once placed).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Acanthornis magna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22704585A118669570. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22704585A118669570.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.