Big Zigzag - Drilldown into Families
Thornbills and Allies (Acanthizidae)
50 species seen globaly (all 42 Australians) out of 66 species, 16 Big Zigzag lifers, so moved from 52% to 76%.
Genus level:
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Neosericornis) – 1 seen. Monotype endmic.
- Scrubwren (Sericornis) – 6 seen, 3 lifers (all 6 Australian seen, others seen in PNG).
- Thornbill (Acanthiza) – 12 seen, 4 lifers (all 12 Aussie seen)
- Gerygone (Gerygone) – 8 seen, 2 lifers (all 8 Aussie seen, others in SE Asia & New Caledonia)
- Fernwren (Oreoscopus) – 1 lifer (Monotype, north Queensland endemic)
- Weebill (Smicrornis) – 1 seen (Monotype, Australian endemic)
- Fieldwren (Calamanthus) – 3 seen, 1 lifer (Australian endemic)
- Whiteface (Aphelocephala) – 3 seen, 2 lifers (3 sp. Australian endemic)
- Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus) – 1 seen (Monotype, Australian endemic)
- Pilotbird (Pycnoptilus) – 1 lifer (Monotype, Australian endemic)
- Scrubtit (Acanthornis) – 1 lifer (Monotype, Tasmania endemic)
- Heathwren (Hylacola) – 2 seen (2 sp. Australian endemic)
- Rockwarbler (Origma) ) – 1 seen (the only New South Wales endemic). 3 sp. genus.
- Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus) – 1 seen (Monotype, Australian endemic)
