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Scrubtit (Acanthornis magna) Alternate name(s): "Fern Weaver", "Mountain Wren" Size: 11-12 cm Weight: 9-12 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Scrubtits are very small bushland birds. Their underparts, from chin to undertail coverts, are white, with pale-brown flanks. The sides of the head are grey, the lightest grey areas being in front of the eyes, which are surrounded by white eye-rings. The upperparts, from frons to rump, are grey-brown to a warm hue of brown, merging into darker grey-brown on the inner wings. The wing coverts and flight feathers are dark-grey with narrow white outer margins. The greater secondary coverts have broad white tips, which form prominent white bars on the folded wings. The white tips and accordingly the bar on the median coverts is much less obvious. The irises are pale-grey. The rather long, narrow, dark-grey bill is slightly downcurved. Legs and feet are the colour of skin.

Taxonomy, classification See Scrubtit at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Scrubtit is available HERE . There are two races of Scrubtits, both of which are endemic to Tasmania and King Island in the Bass Strait. Nominate race "magna" populates most of Tasmania, apart from the north-eastern tip. On King Island, race "greenianus" is found. Scrubtits have a strong preference for Nothofagus rainforest and wet eucalypt forest with a dense understorey of ferns and shrubs.

Sightings Click here for sighting information Race "magna" M. Eaton reports finding Scrubtits, nominate race "magna", at Mt. Wellington, Hobart, TAS, in April 2021. All sighting and photographic information presented on this page has been kindly contributed by M. Eaton.

Photos

Race "magna"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Scrubtit (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Wellington, Hobart, TAS, April 2021]

Lateral view of a Scrubtit (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Wellington, Hobart, TAS, April 2021]

Lateral/ventral view of a Scrubtit (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Wellington, Hobart, TAS, April 2021]

Near-dorsal view of a Scrubtit hiding in dense growth (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Wellington, Hobart, TAS, April 2021]

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