Acanthizidae

Acanthizidae
Brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Meliphagoidea
Family: Acanthizidae
Bonaparte, 1854[1][2]
Genera

15, see list

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.