Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis) Oreilly's at Lamington NP - Queensland
Family Acanthizidae - Scrubwrens, Gerygones & Thornbills
Acanthizidae—sometimes called Australian warblers—are a family of passerine birds which includes gerygones, thornbills Acanthiza, and scrubwrens Sericornis. The family Acanthizidae consists of small to medium passerine birds, with a total length varying between 8 and 19 centimetres (3.1 and 7.5 in). They have short rounded wings, slender bills, long legs, and a short tail. Most species have olive, grey, or brown plumage, although some have patches of a brighter yellow. The weebill is the smallest species of acanthizid, and the smallest Australian passerine; the largest is the pilotbird.
Taxonomy and systematics
Following the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy (1990) they were previously regarded as subfamily Acanthizinae within the family Pardalotidae. More recent molecular genetic studies do not support this arrangement. The Dasyornithidae (which include the bristlebirds) are variously seen either as subfamily Dasyornithinae within the family Acanthizidae or Pardalotidae or as own family (Schodde & Mason 1999). A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019 found that the family Acanthizidae is sister to the pardalotes in the small family Pardalotidae. The pardalotes are native to Australia.[3]
Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis) Oreilly's at Lamington NP - Queensland
Tasmanian or Brown Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) Bruny Island - Tasmania
Tasmanian or Brown Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) Bruny Island - Tasmania
Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) Maria Island NP - Tasmania
Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris) Daintree Town, Daintree River - Queensland
Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris) Daintree Town, Daintree River - Queensland
Note the in-progress nest