Shy heathwren

Shy heathwren
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Hylacola
Species:
H. cauta
Binomial name
Hylacola cauta
Gould, 1843
Subspecies[2]
  • H. c. macrorhyncha - (Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999)
  • H. c. cauta - Gould, 1843
  • H. c. halmaturina - (Mathews, 1912)
  • H. c. whitlocki - (Mathews, 1912)
Synonyms

Calamanthus cautus
Hylacola cautus
Sericornis cautus

The shy heathwren (Hylacola cauta) is a species of small bird in the family Acanthizidae, endemic to Australia. They inhabit mostly mallee woodland that has relatively dense shrub and heath understorey.

  1. ^ "Calamanthus cautus (Shy Heathwren, Shy Hylacola)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.