Yellow-rumped thornbill

Yellow-rumped thornbill
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Acanthiza
Species:
A. chrysorrhoa
Binomial name
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Subspecies
  • A. c. normantoni - (Mathews, 1913)
  • A. c. leighi - Ogilvie-Grant, 1909
  • A. c. leachi - Mathews, 1912
  • A. c. chrysorrhoa - (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Distribution of the yellow-rumped thornbill

The yellow-rumped thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) is a species of passerine bird from the genus Acanthiza. The genus was once placed in the family Pardalotidae but that family was split and it is now in the family Acanthizidae. There are four subspecies of yellow-rumped thornbill. It is a small, brownish bird with a distinctive yellow rump and thin dark bill. It inhabits savannah, scrub and forests across most of Australia and eats insects. The species engages in cooperative breeding.