• Hylacola Gould, J. 1843. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Oct. 11, 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842(10): 131-140 [Date published Feb 1843: publication dated 1842] [135] (untitled reading) [Widely treated as a synonym of Calamanthus Gould 1837 but shown to be valid by Norman et al. (2018)].

  Type species:

   Acanthiza pyrrhopygia Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Norman, J.A., Christidis, L. & Schodde, R. 2018. Ecological and evolutionary diversification in the Australo-Papuan scrubwrens (Sericornis) and mouse-warblers (Crateroscelis), with a revision of the subfamily Sericornithinae (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthizidae). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 18: 241-259 [251].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV)

History of changes

Generic Combinations

• Calamanthus cauta (Gould, 1843). —
  Gray, G.R. 1848. The Genera of Birds: comprising their generic characters, notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 1. [164]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) 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. [45] (Shy Heathwren, Cautious Ground-wren, Mallee Heathwren, Mallee Wren, Red-rumped Ground-wren, Shy Ground-wren, Shy Scrub-warbler, Western Ground-wren)

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. (Shy Heathwren)

History of changes

• Hylacola cauta Gould, J. 1843. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Oct. 11, 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842(10): 131-140 [Date published Feb 1843: publication dated 1842] [135].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 17656 adult ♂, SA: western belts of the Murray.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 17657 ♀, South Australia.

  Type locality references:

  Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129-180 [Date published 28 Feb 1913] [131]; Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [217].
• Hylacola pyrrhopygia brevicauda Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [332].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 585523 adult ♀, Victoria.

  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 [146].

Generic Combinations

• Calamanthus cauta cauta (Gould, 1843).
• Calamanthus cautus cautus (Gould, 1843).
• Hylacola cautus cautus (Gould, 1843).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland.

History of changes

• Hylacola pyrrhopygia halmaturina Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [333].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 585532 adult ♂, SA: Middle River, Kangaroo Island [35°41'S, 137°03'E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 585533 Immature ♂, SA: Middle River, Kangaroo Island [35°41'S, 137°03'E]; AMNH 585534 Immature ♂, SA: Middle River, Kangaroo Island [35°41'S, 137°03'E]; AMNH 585535 Adult ♂, SA: Middle River, Kangaroo Island [35°41'S, 137°03'E]; AMNH 585536 adult ♀, SA: Middle River, Kangaroo Island [35°41'S, 137°03'E]; AMNH 585537 adult ♀, SA: Middle River, Kangaroo Island [35°41'S, 137°03'E]; AMNH 585543 Unknown, SA: Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island [35°45'S, 136°36'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 [146-147].

Generic Combinations

• Calamanthus cautus halmaturinus (Mathews, 1912).
• Calamanthus cauta halmaturinus (Mathews, 1912).
• Hylacola cautus halmaturinus (Mathews, 1912).

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Kanmantoo (KAN)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland.

History of changes

• Calamanthus (Hylacola) cautus macrorhynchus 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. [148].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC 47709 adult ♂, NSW: Round Hill west of Euabalong [33ᵒ01'S, 146ᵒ10'E].
  Paratype(s) ANWC 49624 adult ♂, NSW: Buddigower Nature Reserve, about 18 km SW of West Wyalong [34°01S, 147°00E].

  Type locality references:

  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. [148].

Generic Combinations

• Hylacola cautus macrorhynchus (Schodde & Mason, 1999).
• Calamanthus cauta macrorhynchus (Schodde & Mason, 1999).
• Hylacola cautus macrorhynchus (Schodde & Mason, 1999).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Cobar Peneplain (CP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland.

History of changes

• Hylacola pyrrhopygia whitlocki Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [333].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 585550 adult unsexed, WA: ‘‘MondurubTank’’ (?), Stirling Range [34°23'S, 117°50'E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 585545 ♂, WA: Stirling Range [34°25'S, 118°09'E]; AMNH 585546 ♂ (later sexed as a female by J.R. Ford), WA: Near Yetermirrup; AMNH 585547 nestling unsexed, WA: Yetermirrup; AMNH 585548 nestling unsexed, WA: Yetermirrup; AMNH 585549 nestling unsexed, wA: Mt. Donelly [= Donelly Peak] [34°21'S, 117°42'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 [147].

Generic Combinations

• Calamanthus cauta whitlocki (Mathews, 1912).
• Hylacola cautus whitlocki (Mathews, 1912).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Mallee (MAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland.

History of changes

Generic Combinations

• Calamanthus pyrrhopygia (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827). —
  Gray, G.R. 1848. The Genera of Birds: comprising their generic characters, notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 1. [164]
• Hylacola pyrrhopygius (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827). —
  Gould, J. 1843. [Untitled - thirty new species of Australian birds...]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 131-140 [Date published February 1843] [135] (changed combination as type species of genus Hylacola)
  Norman, J.A., Christidis, L. & Schodde, R. 2018. Ecological and evolutionary diversification in the Australo-Papuan scrubwrens (Sericornis) and mouse-warblers (Crateroscelis), with a revision of the subfamily Sericornithinae (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthizidae). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 18: 241-259 [251] (recognise Hylacola as a valid genus in the Calamanthini Schodde, Christidis & Norman 2018 trib. nov.)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath.

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [45] (Chestnut-rumped Ground-wren, Chestnut-tailed Ground-wren, Ground-wren, Heath Wren, Red-rumped Scrub-warbler, Scrub-warbler)

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 Heathwren)

History of changes

• Calamanthus (Hylacola) pyrrhopygius parkeri 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. [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA B.8255 adult ♂, SA: Bollaparudda Creek, about 20 miles west of Port Victor [35°38'S, 138°24'E].

  Type locality references:

  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. [145].

Generic Combinations

• Hylacola pyrrhopygia parkeri (Schodde & Mason, 1999).
• Calamanthus pyrrhopygia parkeri (Schodde & Mason, 1999).
• Hylacola pyrrhopygius parkeri (Schodde & Mason, 1999).

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath.

History of changes

• Calamanthus (Hylacola) pyrrhopygius pedleri 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. [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA B.37778 adult ♂, SA: 1.3 km north of Nelshaby Gorge, southern Flinders Ranges [33ᵒ08'S, 138ᵒ07'E].

  Type locality references:

  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. [145].

Generic Combinations

• Hylacola pyrrhopygia pedleri (Schodde & Mason, 1999).
• Calamanthus pyrrhopygia pedleri (Schodde & Mason, 1999).
• Hylacola pyrrhopygius pedleri (Schodde & Mason, 1999).

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath.

History of changes

• Acanthiza pyrrhopygia Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [227].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1863.7.7.28 adult ♀, NSW: Sydney [33ᵒ52'S, 151ᵒ12'E].

  Type locality references:

  Warren, R.L.M. & Harrison, C.J.O. 1971. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2 Passerines. London : British Museum vi 628 pp. [456].
• Sericornis tyrranulus De Vis, C.W. 1905. Ornithological. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 41-45 [Date published Sep 1905] [42] [published as tyrranula, an adjective — gender ending corrected accordingly: ICdZN Art. 30.1; officially suppressed for principle of priority but not homonymy: ICmZN Opinion 684].

  Secondary source:

   Parker, S.A. 1984. The identity of Sericornis tyrannula De VIs. The Emu 84(2): 108-110 [Date published Jun 1984] [108] (discussion of the identity of the taxon and possible location of the type specimen).
• Hylacola pyrrhopygia belcheri Mathews, G.M. 1913. Additions and corrections to my Reference List, Addenda. Austral Avian Records 1(8): 187-194 [Date published Jan.] [191].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 585495 immature unsexed, Vic: Anglesea [38ᵒ25'S, 144ᵒ10'E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 585493 immature unsexed, Vic: Anglesea [38ᵒ25'S, 144ᵒ10'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 [145-146].
• Hylacola pyrrhopygia magna Howe, F.E. 1918. Description of a new sub-species of Hylacola pyrrhopygia (Vig. & Hors.). The Emu 18: 59 [Date published 1 Jul 1918] [59].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV HLW.1995 adult ♂, NSW: Cobbora [32.03S, 149.15E]; NMV HLW.1997 juvenile ♂, NSW: Cobbora [32.03S, 149.15E]; NMV HLW.1996 ♀, NSW: Cobbora [32.03S, 149.15E].

Generic Combinations

• Hylacola pyrrhopygia pyrrhopygia (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827).
• Calamanthus pyrrhopygia pyrrhopygia (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827).
• Calamanthus pyrrhopygius pyrrhopygius (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827).
• Hylacola pyrrhopygius pyrrhopygius (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath.

History of changes