Species Acanthiza (Geobasileus) uropygialis Gould, 1838
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Chestnut-rumped Tit, Chestnut-tailed Thornbill
- Acanthiza uropygialis Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [pl. 60].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 17602 ♂, New South Wales. - Acanthiza uropygialis ruthergleni Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [350] [published 31 January 1912].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 600832 adult ♂, Vic: Rutherglen [36°03' S, 146°28' E].Type locality references:
LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [160]. - Acanthiza uropygialis mellori Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [350] [published 31 January 1912].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 600898 ♂?, SA: Blanchetown, 14 miles W, Murray Flats [34°21S, 139°38E].Type locality references:
LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [160]. - Acanthiza uropygialis augusta Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [350] [published 31 January 1912].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 600891 adult ♂, SA: western slopes, Flinders Range [31°25'S, 138°45"E].
Paratype(s) AMNH 600892 ♂, SA: western slopes, Flinders Range [31°25'S, 138°45"E]; AMNH 600893 ♂, SA: northwest of Port Augusta; AMNH 600894 ♂, SA: northwest of Port Augusta.Type locality references:
LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [160-161]. - Acanthiza uropygialis nea Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [350] [published 31 January 1912].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 600899 adult ♂, WA: Burracoppin, [31ᵒ24'S, 118ᵒ29'E].Type locality references:
LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [160]. - Acanthiza uropygialis murchisoni Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [350] [published 31 January 1912].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 600901 adult ♂, WA: East Murchison.
Paratype(s) AMNH 600902 nestling ♂, WA: East Murchison; AMNH 600903 ♀, WA: East Murchison; AMNH 600904 nestling unsexed, WA: MillyPool [26.37S, 120.12E]; AMNH 600905 Unsexed, WA: East Murchison; AMNH 600907 ♀, WA: East Murchison.Type locality references:
LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [161]. - Acanthiza uropygialis condora Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1: 73-80 [Date published 28 Jun 1912] [78] [published June 1912].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 600897 adult ♂, SA: Leigh Creek [30°31'S, 138°25'E].
Paratype(s) AMNH 600917 ♂, SA: Lake Gillies [32°52S, 136°48E]; SAMA B.7294 Unsexed, SA: Nonning [32°20'S, 136°14'E].Type locality references:
LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [161]. - Geobasileus uropygialis moora Campbell, A.G. 1922. New sub-species of Tit-Warblers (Acanthizae). The Emu 22(1): 63-66 [Date published 1 Jul 1922] [65] [published 1 July 1922].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA B.19457 ♂, WA: Watheroo, Moora. - Geobasileus uropygialis erema Campbell, A.G. 1922. New sub-species of Tit-Warblers (Acanthizae). The Emu 22(1): 63-66 [Date published 1 Jul 1922] [65].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV R.9860 ♂, SA: Kychering Soak; NMV R.9891 ♀, SA: Kychering Soak. - Acanthiza uropygialis kycheringi Mathews, G.M. 1922. In Proceedings of meeting of British Ornithologists' Club, October 11, 1922. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 43: 13-14 [Date published 31 Oct 1922] [14] [Name proposed as a replacement for Geobasileus uropygialis erema A.G. Campbell as it supposedly preoccupied by Acanthiza apicalis erema A.G. Campbell (1922)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV R.9860 ♂, SA: Kychering Soak; NMV R.9891 ♀, SA: Kychering Soak.Type locality references:
LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [161].Secondary source:
LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [161].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Riverina (RIV), Stony Plains (STP), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Casuarina-cypress woodland, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, mulga woodland.
Common Name References
Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [44] (Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Chestnut-rumped Tit, Chestnut-tailed Thornbill)
Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Chestnut-rumped Thornbill)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-Oct-2018 | ACANTHIZIDAE Bonaparte, 1854 | 02-Jan-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |