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Speckled Warbler 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Acanthizidae Subfamily: Acanthizinae Genus: Chthonicola Species: C. sagittatus Binomial name Chthonicola sagittatus
(Latham, 1801)Synonyms - Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
The Speckled Warbler (Chthonicola sagittatus) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae, where it belongs to the monotypic genus Chthonicola.[citation needed] It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
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Conservation status
International
On the IUCN Red List, the Speckled Warbler was uplisted from Near Threatened to Least Concern status in 2000; having turned out to be more common than previously believed, but was downlisted to Near Threatened again in the 2007 IUCN Red List.[1]
Australia
Speckled Warbler are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
State of New South Wales, Australia
The Speckled Warbler is listed as "Vulnerable" under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act.
State of Victoria, Australia
- The Speckled Warbler is 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, the Speckled Warbler is listed as vulnerable.[4]
SE Queensland, Australia
Footnotes
- ^ See BirdLife International (2007a,b).
- ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
- ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
- ^ Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (2007). Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2007. East Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Sustainability and Environment. pp. 15. ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0.
References
- BirdLife International (2004). Chthonicola sagittatus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 25 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (2007a): [ 2006-2007 Red List status changes ]. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
- BirdLife International (2007b): Speckled Warbler - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-28.
- 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 9788496553422
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