| Acanthizidae | |
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| Brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Meliphagoidea |
| Family: | Acanthizidae Bonaparte, 1854[1][2] |
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Acanthizidae—sometimes called Australian warblers—are a family of passerine birds which includes gerygones, thornbills Acanthiza, and scrubwrens Sericornis. The family Acanthizidae consists of small to medium passerine birds, with a total length varying between 8 and 19 centimetres (3.1 and 7.5 in). They have short rounded wings, slender bills, long legs, and a short tail. Most species have olive, grey, or brown plumage, although some have patches of a brighter yellow. The weebill is the smallest species of acanthizid, and the smallest Australian passerine; the largest is the pilotbird.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). Notes Ornithologiques sur les Collections Rapportées en 1853, par M.A. Delattre, de son Voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua [et Classification Parallélique des Passereaux Chanteurs]. Vol. 37. Paris: Mallet-Bachelier.
- ^ Longmore, N. Wayne, ed. (5 Jan 2015). "Family ACANTHIZIDAE Bonaparte, 1854". Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 29 January 2023.