Eastern Bristlebird

Eastern Bristlebird
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Dasyornithidae
Genus:	Dasyornis
Species:	D. brachypterus
Binomial name
Dasyornis brachypterus (Latham, 1801)
Distribution of the Eastern Bristlebird Orange Indicates Possible Range

The Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus) is a species of bird in the Bristlebird family Dasyornithidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Distribution and habitat

The Eastern Bristlebird is very territorial and will often use a distinct, loud melodic song to mark its territory.^[1]

Surveys have found the bird prefers to live in small, localised populations.^[1] An isolated colony was found in the Conondale Range in southeastern Queensland in the 1980s.^[1] Eastern Bristlebirds build their nests on the ground in areas of dense, clumped grasses.^[1]

Conservation Status

Australia

Eastern Bristlebirds are listed as endangered on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Victoria

The Eastern Bristlebird 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 been prepared.^[2]

On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Eastern Bristlebird is listed as endangered.^[3]

Queensland

In the Queensland the Eastern Bristlebird is on the Endangered species list.^[4]

See also

Australia portal

• List of Nature Conservation Act endangered fauna of Queensland

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Eastern Bristlebird". Department of Environment and Resource Management. The State of Queensland. 3 September 2009. http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/wildlife/threatened_plants_and_animals/endangered/eastern_bristlebird.html. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Listed Taxa, Communities and Potentially Threatening Processes Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria.
3. ^ 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. 
4. ^ "Endangered". Department of Environment and Resource Management. The State of Queensland. 3 September 2009. http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/wildlife/threatened_plants_and_animals/endangered/index.html. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 

• BirdLife International 2004. Dasyornis brachypterus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Accessed 25 July 2007.

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.
• Image at ADW