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 LC    Speckled Warbler* Id (Atlas):
    Pyrrholaemus sagittatus

Description (10)
Image of Speckled Warbler
 

Other Scientific Names
Chthonicola sagittata [Christidis and Boles (2008)], Chthonicola sagittata [BirdLife International (2004)], Chthonicola sagittata [BirdLife International (2000)]

Other Names (World)
Speckled Warbler, Blood-tit, Speckled Jack, Chocolatebird, Fieldwren, Little Fieldwren, Little Fieldlark, Speckled Fieldwren, Speckled Fieldlark, Streaked Warbler, Tit Lark, Jenny Wren

Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Latham, 1801)

Derivation
Chtho-nic'-o-la - Gk, chthon, earth; L., colo, I inhabit: sa-git-tä-ta - L., sagittatus, marked with arrows

Habitat
Dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands dominated by eucalypts.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Speckled Warbler
 
Population
Estimated population is 400,000 (2010).

Status LC
Habitat destruction and degradation and fragmentation due to weed invasion, overgrazing, salinisation are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in pairs, trios or small parties or in winter, small flocks. Occasionally alone.

Food
Mainly insects, but also seeds and other plant material.

Voice
A sweet song, with mimicry. Rasping scolding. Harsh churring twitter.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

 
Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus) [XC374525]
     by Niels Poul Dreyer from Blue Mountains National Park South, New South Wales, Australia (song)

 
Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus) [XC341022]
     by Greg McLachlan from Capertee Valley, NSW, Australia (song)

Nest
Domed, with a side entrance, composed of dried grasses and bark, lined with fur and feathers, built in a slight depression in the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
3 or 4; chocolate-red, with a darker zone at the larger end; oval; about 19 x 15 mm. Incubation: 17 - 20 days; by female.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 15 - 19 days.

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


Files:
JPG files for Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus) - 10 filesMP3 files for Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus) - 1 files


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