- Redthroat
Taxobox
name = Redthroat
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Pardalotidae
genus = "Pyrrholaemus"
species = "P. brunneus"
binomial = "Pyrrholaemus brunneus"
binomial_authority = Gould, 1841
synonyms = The Redthroat ("Pyrrholaemus brunneus") is a species ofbird in thePardalotidae family. It ismonotypic within the genus "Pyrrholaemus".It is endemic toAustralia .Its natural
habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.Conservation Status
Redthroats are not listed as threatened on the Australian
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 . However, their conservation status varies from state to state within Australia. For example:
* The Redthroat is listed as threatened on the VictorianFlora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988) . [ [http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenpa.nsf/LinkView/EADA0F1874AF9CF24A2567C1001020A388BBA5581CF9D859CA256BB300271BDB Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria] ] Under this Act, an "Action Statement" for the recovery and future management of this species has not yet been prepared. [ [http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenpa.nsf/LinkView/617768308BCB666E4A25684E00192281E7A24BB36FF60A144A256DEA00244294 Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria] ]* On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Redthroat is listed as
endangered .cite book | author = Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment | title = Advisory List of Threatened VertebrateFauna in Victoria - 2007 | publisher = Department of Sustainability and Environment | date = 2007 | location = East Melbourne, Victoria | pages = 15 | url = | id = ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0 ]References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50868/all Pyrrholaemus brunneus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
* 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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