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The chestnut-rumped thornbill (''Acanthiza uropygialis'') is a small passerine bird in the Acanthizidae family, endemic to Australia. Specially named for its pale-chestnut rump from mediaeval Latin ''uropygium'', the rump.〔Higgins, P. J., & Peter, J. M. (Eds.). (2002). ''Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds'' (Vol. 6, pp. 468-478). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.〕 Its other names include chestnut-tailed or chestnut-backed thornbill, tit or tit-warbler, chestnut-rumped tit or tit-warbler.〔 A plain, pale thornbill, with pale eyes, it is widespread throughout inland Australia, West of the Great Dividing Range to the West Australian coast but is absent in the far north and humid southwestern WA.〔Pizzey, G., & Knight, F. (2012). ''The field guide to the birds of Australia'' (S. Pizzey Ed. 9 ed.). Sydney: Harper Collins.〕 It is a cooperative breeder like some of the other thornbills 〔Nicholls, J. A., Double, M. C., Rowell, D. M., & Magrath, R. D. (2000). The evolution of cooperative and pair breeding in thornbills Acanthiza (Pardalotidae). ''Journal of Avian Biology, 31'', 165-176. (doi: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2000.310208.x )〕 ==Taxonomy and naming== Described and classified by John Gould in 1838 in Synopsis of Birds of Australia, from a specimen collected in Liverpool Plains NSW.〔Gould, J. (1865). ''Handbook to the birds of Australia''. London: Published by the author. ()〕 Type, male, (No17602 (525) ) is in the ( Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia ), USA. A specimen from the Gould collection is in the British Museum.〔 Mathews〔Mathews, G. M. (1912). A List to the Birds of Australia. ''Novitates Zoologicae, 18'', 171-455. ()〕 (1912) recognised a number of different subspecies of ''Acanthiza Uropygialis: A.u.ruthergleni, mellori, augusta, nea, murchisoni'' and ''condora'',〔 with ''A.u.kycheringi'' added in 1922. Campbell〔Campbell, A. G., & Kilsyth, J. P. (1925). Thornbills of the Genus Geobasileus. ''Emu, 25''(2), 57-68. (doi:10.1071/MU925057 )〕 (1925) added subspecies ''Geobasilus uropygialis moora'' and ''G.u. erema''. Where the genus ''Geobasileus'', referred to ground feeding thornbills.〔Campbell, A. G. (1922). Acanthiza or Thornbills. ''Emu, 22''(3), 192-199. (doi :10.1071/MU922192 )〕 However, Mack〔Mack, G. (1936). A systematic revision of the Australian thornbills. ''Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 10'', 86-118. retrieved 23 Oct 2013 from (http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120023#page/90/mode/1up )〕 (1936) and Mayr & Serventy〔Mayr, E., & Serventy, D. L. (1938). A Review of the Genus Acanthiza Vigors and Horsfield. ''Emu, 38''(3), 244-292. (doi:10.1071/MU938245 )〕 (1938) reorganised the species into two subspecies, ''A.u. uropygialis'' and ''A.u. augusta''. Recent studies do not recognise subspecies but indicate that variations in plumage colouration, is clinal.〔〔Schodde, R., & Mason, I. J. (1999). ''The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines''. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.〕〔Christidis, L., & Boles, W. E. (2008). ''Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds''. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.〕 The ''Acanthiza'' had been previously placed in the ''Pardalotidae'' family, but are now part of the ''Acanthizidae''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chestnut-rumped thornbill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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