NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The yellow-rumped thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) is a species of passerine bird from the genus Acanthiza. The genus was once placed in the family Pardalotidae but that family was split and it is now in the family Acanthizidae. There are four subspecies of yellow-rumped thornbill. It is a small, brownish bird with a distinctive yellow rump and thin dark bill. It inhabits savannah, scrub and forests across most of Australia and eats insects. The species engages in cooperative breeding.
Wikipedia contributors, Yellow-rumped thornbill; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:59:03.690075+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Name authority
- (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Common name
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acanthizidae
- Genus
- Acanthiza
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyAcanthizidae Bonaparte, 1854
- genusAcanthiza Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
- speciesAcanthiza chrysorrhoa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acanthiza. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tasmanian ThornbillAcanthiza ewingii Gould, 1844 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla (Shaw, 1790) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalis Gould, 1847 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata Gould, 1838 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Guinea ThornbillAcanthiza murina (De Vis, 1897) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nana Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender-billed ThornbillAcanthiza iredalei Mathews, 1911 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain ThornbillAcanthiza katherina De Vis, 1905 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western ThornbillAcanthiza inornata Gould, 1841 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slaty-backed ThornbillAcanthiza robustirostris Milligan, 1903 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Saxicola chrysorrhoa Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558373 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:64D32. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.