Chestnut-rumped heathwren

Chestnut-rumped heathwren
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Hylacola
Species:	H. pyrrhopygia
Binomial name
Hylacola pyrrhopygia (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Synonyms
Calamanthus pyrrhopygius

The chestnut-rumped heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia) is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Conservation status

Australia

Chestnut-rumped heathwren are not listed as threatened on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Victoria

• A subspecies of the chestnut-rumped heathwren (C. p. pyrrhopygius) listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988).^[2] Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has not been prepared.^[3]
• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, this species is listed as vulnerable.^[4]

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Hylacola pyrrhopygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
3. Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
4. Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (2007). Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2007. East Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Sustainability and Environment. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0.