Calamanthus
Striated fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Calamanthus
Gould, 1838
Type species
Praticola anthoides[1]
Swainson, 1838

Calamanthus is a genus of bird in the family Acanthizidae.

A poorly researched genus, the alliance has been recognised as a single species treatment (Schodde, 1975) and later two species or provisionally three separate species.[2] Birds of the World: Recommended English Names lists the following three species:[3]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
rufous fieldwrenCalamanthus campestrisAustralia.
striated fieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosusAustralia.
Western fieldwrenCalamanthus montanellusAustralia.

References

  1. "Acanthizidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Christidis, Les; Boles, Walter E. (2008). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Csiro Publishing. pp. 161–62. ISBN 978-0-643-06511-6.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 9.1. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  • Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2


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