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title: "Chestnut-rumped Thornbill"
description: "Acanthiza uropygialis — Aves. The chestnut-rumped thornbill (Acanthiza uropygialis) is a small passerine bird in the family Acanthizidae, endemic to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/chestnut-rumped-thornbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

> Acanthiza uropygialis — Aves. The chestnut-rumped thornbill (Acanthiza uropygialis) is a small passerine bird in the family Acanthizidae, endemic to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Acanthiza uropygialis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1146
- Wikidata: [Q1300729](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1300729)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13464](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13464)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
- de: Braunbürzeldornschnabel
- es: Acantiza Culirroja
- fr: Acanthize à croupion roux
- pl: Buszówka rudorzytna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1110)

## Summary

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. It is a cooperative breeder like some of the other thornbills

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

## Photo

![Chestnut-rumped Thornbill](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-rumped-thornbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191247398

## Machine access

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