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Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla (Shaw, 1790)
Acanthizidae — Australasian Warblers
Brown Thornbill, Acanthiza pusilla, breeds in eastern and south-eastern Australia. It is a passerine in the family Acanthizidae, and George Shaw named it in 1790. The bird is a small thornbill, and its range includes Tasmania. It occurs in dry forest with thick understorey, rainforest, shrubland, coastal dune thickets, and also in rushes and bracken beside rivers and creeks. It is found mainly near the coast and can live at heights of up to 1,200 m. Five subspecies are recognised.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acanthizidae — Australasian Warblers
- Breeding range
- Australasia: e, se Australia
