western bristlebird
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Western bristlebird
| image = Western Bristlebird 0A2A9938.jpg
| image_caption = Western bristlebird at the bottom.
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = CITES_A2
| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}
| taxon = Dasyornis longirostris
| authority = Gould, 1841
| synonyms =
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The western bristlebird (Dasyornis longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Dasyornithidae.
It is endemic to the coastal heaths of western Australia (east and west of Albany).World Wildlife Fund. 2012. [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Southwest_Australia_woodlands Southwest Australia woodlands. Encyclopedia of Earth. ed. Mark McGinley. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC]
Description
Adults are 18–22 cm long. Its plumage is grey-brown. It has a shorter tail than other bristlebirds, yet it is still quite long tail is rufous, with darker brown stripes. Its body is rufous with dark brown under-surface feathers, giving it a scalloped look. It has a red eye, and the front of neck and face is off-white.
Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland, particularly low, dense shrubland.{{Cite journal |last=Nguyen |first=Jacqueline M. T. |date=2019-01-02 |title=A new species of bristlebird (Passeriformes, Dasyornithidae) from the early Miocene of Australia |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1575838 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=e1575838 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1575838 |bibcode=2019JVPal..39E5838N |issn=0272-4634|url-access=subscription }} It prefers coastal dunes and cliffs.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
It can survive fire and relocate to the fire boundary, and will occupy regrowth when this becomes suitable. It occurs more rapidly in higher-rainfall areas.{{Cite journal |last1=McNee |first1=Shapelle |last2=Newbey |first2=Brenda |last3=Comer |first3=Sarah |last4=Burbidge |first4=Allan |date=2021 |title=Western Bristlebird Dasyornis longirostris: Response to fire and persistence of home range in the Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia |journal=Australian Field Ornithology |volume=38 |pages=172–192 |doi=10.20938/afo38172192|doi-access=free }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=5398&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
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Category:Endemic birds of Southwest Australia
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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