Acanthiza apicalis

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Howard and Moore, 3rd Edition

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acanthiza

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. apicalis (Broad-Tailed Thornbill) · A. apicalis apicalis (Broad-Tailed Thornbill) · A. chrysorrhoa (Yellow-Tailed Thornbill) · A. chrysorrhoa chrysorrhoa (Yellow-Tailed Thornbill) · A. ewingii (Tasmanian Thornbill) · A. inornata (Western Thornbill) · A. iredalei (Slender-Billed Thornbill) · A. iredalei iredalei (Slender-Billed Thornbill) · A. katherina (Mountain Thornbill) · A. lineata (Striated Thornbill) · A. murina (New Guinea Thornbill) · A. nana (Little Thornbill) · A. pusilla (Brown Thornbill) · A. pusilla pusilla (Brown Thornbill) · A. reguloides (Buff-Tailed Thornbill) · A. reguloides reguloides (Buff-Rumped Thornbill) · A. robustirostris (Slaty-Backed Thornbill) · A. uropygialis (Chestnut-Tailed Thornbill)

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Further Reading

• A key to the birds of Australia and Tasmania with their geographical distribution in Australia, by Robert Hall. Melbourne, Melville, Mullen and Slade, [pref 1899] url p. 25.
• A key to the birds of Australia: with their geographical distribution / by Robert Hall. London [England]: R. H. Porter, [1906?] url , p. 25, p. 25.
• A list of the birds of Australia: containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author / London: Witherby, 1913. url p. 214.
• Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. London: Witherby. url p. 163.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 296.
• Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum / By E. W. Oates [and afterwards] by S. G. Reid [and] W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. London, 1901-12. url p. 230.
• Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12. url p. 230.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 435, p. 436.
• Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania. Sydney, F. W. White, Printer.1889. url .
• Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection, " illustrated with numerous photographs. .. Sydney, F.W. White, Printer, 1907. url p. 2.
• Handbook to The birds of Australia. By John Gould. LondonPub. by the author, 1865. url p. 368, p. 368, p. 369, p. 369, p. 370, p. 370.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 679.
• Nests and eggs of Australian birds, including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon, by Archibald James Campbell. ... With map, 28 coloured plates and 131 photographic illustrations. Sheffield, Printed for the author by Pawson & Brailsford, 1901. url p. 583.
• Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania, by Alfred J. North... Sydney: Australian Museum, 1901-1914 url p. 26, p. 268, p. 270, p. 271, p. 275.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , , p. 421.
• Protected native birds of South Australia / Published by the authority of the Honorable Crawford Vaughan, commissioner of crown lands & immigration.; Compiled by T. Duffield; Introduction & descriptions by Alfred Geo. Edquist. Drawings by C. W Adelaide: Rogers, 1910. url p. 15.
• Report of the Australian Association for the advancement of Science. Sidney, The Association. url p. 135.
• The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 113, p. 127, p. 134, p. 134, p. 143, p. 156, p. 166, p. 17, p. 172, p. 173, p. 197, p. 240, p. 241, p. 35, p. 63, p. 78, p. 79, p. 88, p. 9, p. 93.
• The Ibis. [London]: Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 683.
• The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 144, p. 145, p. 177, p. 178, p. 56.
• The birds of Australia, London [etc.]Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1911. url .
• Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. Adelaide, Australia: The Society, 1890-1904. url p. 25.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Acanthiza apicalis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 12528
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2480765
• IUCN ID: 188210
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1033631

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