Fernwren

Fernwren
Fernwren
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Oreoscopus
North, 1905
Species: O. gutturalis
Binomial name
Oreoscopus gutturalis
(De Vis, 1889)

The Fernwren (Oreoscopus gutturalis) is a species of bird in the Pardalotidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Oreoscopus.[2]

It is endemic to northern Queensland in Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Oreoscopus gutturalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/146299. Retrieved 18 October 2011. 
  2. ^ 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