| Western bristlebird | |
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| Western bristlebird at the bottom. | |
| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
| CITES Appendix II (CITES) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dasyornithidae |
| Genus: | Dasyornis |
| Species: | D. longirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyornis longirostris Gould, 1841 | |
The western bristlebird (Dasyornis longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Dasyornithidae. It is endemic to the coastal heaths of western Australia (east and west of Albany).
Description
Adults are 18–22 cm long. Its plumage is grey-brown. It has a shorter tail than other bristlebirds, yet it is still quite long tail is rufous, with darker brown stripes. Its body is rufous with dark brown under-surface feathers, giving it a scalloped look. It has a red eye, and the front of neck and face is off-white.
Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland, particularly low, dense shrubland. It prefers coastal dunes and cliffs. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It can survive fire and relocate to the fire boundary, and will occupy regrowth when this becomes suitable. It occurs more rapidly in higher-rainfall areas.
References
- BirdLife International (2022). "Dasyornis longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22704502A208565657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22704502A208565657.en. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- World Wildlife Fund. 2012. Southwest Australia woodlands. Encyclopedia of Earth. ed. Mark McGinley. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
- ^ Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T. (2019-01-02). "A new species of bristlebird (Passeriformes, Dasyornithidae) from the early Miocene of Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (1): e1575838. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1575838. ISSN 0272-4634.
- McNee, Shapelle; Newbey, Brenda; Comer, Sarah; Burbidge, Allan (2021). "Western Bristlebird Dasyornis longirostris: Response to fire and persistence of home range in the Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia". Australian Field Ornithology. 38: 172–192. doi:10.20938/afo38172192.
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