Western Fieldwren (Calamanthus montanellus)

Other Names (World)
Western Fieldwren, Western Calamanthus, Rock Calamanthus

Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Milligan, 1903

Habitat
Inland and saltmarsh vegetation, including saltbush, bluebush and samphire, low shrubs and depressions in gibber plains.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B) (R).

Western Australia south of a line drawn roughly from Geraldton south-east to Point Culver (but excluding extreme south-western corner).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Habits
Singly or in pairs, and occasionally small family groups.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Western Fieldwren (Calamanthus montanellus) [XC165118]
by Pieter de Groot Boersma from Cape Arid, Western Australia, Australia (song)

Western Fieldwren (Calamanthus montanellus) [XC327280]
by id from Cape Arid, Shire of Esperance, Western Australia, Australia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus) and Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris), and all have often been treated as conspecific, especially present species and Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris).

Not recognised as a species by BirdLife International.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris).

References
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