---
title: "Roststirndornschnabel"
description: "Acanthiza pusilla — Vögel. The brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) is a passerine bird usually found in eastern and south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/brown-thornbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roststirndornschnabel

> Acanthiza pusilla — Vögel. The brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) is a passerine bird usually found in eastern and south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania.

- Scientific name: *Acanthiza pusilla*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12909
- Wikidata: [Q264390](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264390)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13468](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13468)

## Names

- en: Brown Thornbill
- de: Roststirndornschnabel
- es: Acantiza Parda
- fr: Acanthize mignon
- nl: Bruine doornsnavel
- pt: Acantiza-castanho
- pl: Buszówka brązowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (11969)

## Summary

The brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) is a passerine bird usually found in eastern and south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania.  It can grow up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long, and feeds on insects.  It is brown, grey and white. The species has five subspecies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_thornbill

## Photo

![Roststirndornschnabel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-thornbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165259330

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-thornbill?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).