Tasmanian thornbill [SEP] parent taxon
Tasmanian thornbill
The Tasmanian thornbill ("Acanthiza ewingii") is a small brown bird only found in Tasmania and the islands in the Bass Strait. It is a common bird in these regions, often found in rainforests, wet forests, and scrublands. It occurs exclusively in cold and wet areas. Its diet revolves primarily around small insects, which it scrounges up and feeds on close to the ground.
Averaging 10 centimeters in length, the Tasmanian thornbill is a small bird. Primarily light brown in coloration, the
the Australian mainland and surrounding oceans are also found in Tasmania. Tasmania has 12 endemic bird species:
- 4 honeyeaters (family Meliphagidae) – the yellow wattlebird (world's largest honeyeater) and the yellow-throated, black-headed and strong-billed honeyeaters
- 3 Australo-Papuan warblers (family Acanthizidae) – the Tasmanian thornbill, the scrubtit and the Tasmanian scrubwren
- 1 pardalote (family Pardalotidae) – the endangered forty-spotted pardalote
- 1 Australo-Papuan robin (family Petroicidae) –