Yellow Thornbill
Acanthiza nana Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Acanthizidae — Australasian Warblers
Yellow Thornbill, Acanthiza nana, is a passerine of eastern Australia, where it breeds across the east of the country. It belongs to the Acanthizidae and was described in 1827 by Vigors and Horsfield. A small bird of forests, shrublands and thickets, it is most often associated with drier places where casuarinas or eucalypts dominate. It is similar in form to the striated thornbill and brown thornbill, but its yellow colouring is more noticeable. Males and females look alike, and the species is also known as the little thornbill.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acanthizidae — Australasian Warblers
- Breeding range
- Australasia: e Australia
