Rufous bristlebird

Rufous bristlebird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dasyornithidae
Genus: Dasyornis
Species:
D. broadbenti
Binomial name
Dasyornis broadbenti
(McCoy, 1867) [2]
Synonyms
  • Sphenura Broadbenti (protonym)
  • D. b. whitei Mathews, 1912

The rufous bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti) is one of three extant species of bristlebirds. It is endemic to Australia where three subspecies have been described from coastal southwestern Western Australia, southeastern South Australia and southwestern Victoria. Its natural habitat is coastal shrublands and heathlands. It is threatened by habitat destruction.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dasyornis broadbenti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22704510A93973139. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704510A93973139.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ McCoy, 1867. Sphenura Broadbenti (protonym). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (3), 19, p. 185. BHL