Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebrates

WoodlandSmall · 15 g

Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Kym Nicolson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta), photo 3 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Kym Nicolson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Alan Bell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Kym Nicolson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Andrew Allen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Zara, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Alan Bell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Shy Heathwren (Hylacola cauta), photo 10 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

ID tip

The birds are cock-tailed with a chestnut rump that darkens towards the tip. Their feathers are white with brown streaking underneath and greyish-brown on the back and crown. They have a white eyebrow, tail tip and patch on the flight feathers, and a black bill. Their eyes are brown to yellowish-brown and legs are slate-brown. Females have slightly duller colouring, and immature birds are duller again with some of these being fawn-coloured underneath. They have a total length when adults of 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in).

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When to see the Shy Heathwren

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Shy Heathwren

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia

About the Shy Heathwren

The shy heathwren is a species of small bird in the family Acanthizidae, endemic to Australia. They inhabit mostly mallee woodland that has relatively dense shrub and heath understorey.

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Easily confused with

Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenHylacola pyrrhopygiaThe chestnut-rumped heathwren is a small bushland bird with an olive-brown back with conspicuous reddish-brown rump and tail coverts.

Side by side: Chestnut-rumped Heathwren vs Shy Heathwren

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