Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza uropygialis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAcanthizidae (Thornbills and Allies)
- GenusAcanthiza (Australasian Thornbills)
- SpeciesAcanthiza uropygialis (Chestnut-rumped Thornbill)
The chestnut-rumped thornbill (Acanthiza uropygialis) is a small passerine bird in the family Acanthizidae, endemic to Australia. Specially named for its pale-chestnut rump from mediaeval Latin uropygium, the rump. 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 southwest Western Australia. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Ningaloo Marine Park
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Rufous Fieldwren
Calamanthus campestris
Western Gerygone
Gerygone fusca
Weebill
Smicrornis brevirostris
Redthroat
Pyrrholaemus brunneus
Singing Honeyeater
Gavicalis virescens
Pied Butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
Yellow-throated Miner
Manorina flavigula
Torresian Crow
Corvus orru
Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca
Brown Honeyeater
Lichmera indistincta
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Chestnut-rumped Thornbill at Ningaloo Marine Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
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 | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |