Rufous Fieldwren
Calamanthus campestris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyAcanthizidae (Thornbills and Allies)
- GenusCalamanthus (Fieldwrens)
- SpeciesCalamanthus campestris (Rufous Fieldwren)
About the Rufous Fieldwren
The rufous fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris) also known as the desert wren or sandplain wren is a species of insectivorous bird in the family Acanthizidae, endemic to Australia. The rufous fieldwren is one of 63 species of the Australasian warbler family Acanthizidae, which includes gerygones, scrubwrens and thornbills.
Calamanthus campestris includes the following subspecies: C. c. winiam - (Campbell, AJ. & Campbell, AG., 1927) from southeastern Australian mallee. C. c. campestris - (Gould, 1841) from southern South Australia and Nullarbor Plain.
C. c. rubiginosus - (Campbell, AJ., 1899) C. c. dorrie - (Mathews, 1912) C. c. hartogi - (Carter, 1916) C. c. wayensis - (Mathews, 1912) C. c. isabellinus - (North, 1896) C. c. montanellus (Milligan, 1903) There is both historical and contemporary contention to Calamanthus campestris montanellus' split from a subspecies of the rufous fieldwren to a taxonomically recognised species: the Western Fieldwren.
The 1926 Royal Australasian Ornithological Union Checklist recognised four individual fieldwren species; the striated fieldwren (fuliginosus), the rufous fieldwren(campestris), the rusty fieldwren(isabellinus... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Cape Range
Dusky Gerygone
Gerygone tenebrosa
Western Gerygone
Gerygone fusca
Weebill
Smicrornis brevirostris
Pied Butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis
Singing Honeyeater
Gavicalis virescens
Western Bowerbird
Chlamydera guttata
White-winged Fairywren
Malurus leucopterus
Australian Yellow White-eye
Zosterops luteus
Mangrove Fantail
Rhipidura phasiana
Brown Honeyeater
Lichmera indistincta
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
Torresian Crow
Corvus orru
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Rufous Fieldwren in Cape Range?
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous Fieldwren sighting in Cape Range, based on 77 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Rufous Fieldwren in Cape Range?
June has the highest sighting rate for Rufous Fieldwren in Cape Range in our monthly data.