Family
Acanthizidae
Description
Head and back blue-grey, crown with fine dark streaks, bill shortish and robust, eye red, rump and base of tail tawny, underparts unstreaked, whitish.
Habits
Diurnal, Pairs or small parties, feeds in foliage.
Habitat
Woodland Shrubland, Mulga scrubs, low mountain ranges, dense inland scrubs.
Breeding
July to October, 3 eggs white with a tinge of pink, speckled reddish-brown.
Diet
Carnivore Insectivore.
Details
| Common Name: |
Slaty-backed Thornbill |
Scientific Name: |
Acanthiza robustirostris |
| Sub Order: |
Unavailable |
Order: |
Passeriformes |
| Class: |
Aves |
Category: |
Endemic |
| Status: |
Least Concern |
Size: |
95 mm |
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