Noisy scrubbird
| Noisy scrubbird | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Atrichornithidae |
| Genus: | Atrichornis |
| Species: | A. clamosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrichornis clamosus (Gould, 1844) | |
The noisy scrubbird (Atrichornis clamosus) is a species of bird in the Atrichornithidae family. It is endemic to Australia.
Distribution and habitat
The noisy scrubbird is one of Australia's rarest birds. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland, and it is particularly threatened by habitat loss. It was presumed extinct until a population was discovered at Two Peoples Bay, east of Albany in Western Australia in the 1960s.[2] Since then a recovery plan has been put into action. Populations of the bird have been translocated to nearby Bald Island, in Waychinicup National Park, as well as the Porongorup Ranges, where a bushfire had destroyed much of the population. All reserves where the noisy srubbird is known to exist are now baited with 1080 poison to control foxes.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Atrichornis clamosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Roger Underwood, Doomed Planet: On the origin of the specious, Quadrant, August 31, 2012