Pilotbird

Pilotbird
Pilotbird, Blue Mountains
Pilotbird, Blue Mountains
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Pycnoptilus
Gould, 1851
Species:
P. floccosus
Binomial name
Pycnoptilus floccosus
Gould, 1851
Subspecies[2]
  • P. f. sandlandi - Mathews, 1912
  • P. f. floccosus - Gould, 1851

The pilotbird (Pycnoptilus floccosus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is monotypic within the genus Pycnoptilus. The species is endemic to south-eastern Australia.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Pycnoptilus floccosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22704513A211212104. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-3.RLTS.T22704513A211212104.en. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (2020). IOC World Bird List 10.2 (Report). doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.