Western fieldwren

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Western fieldwren

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Calamanthus
Species:
C. montanellus
Binomial name
Calamanthus montanellus
Synonyms

Calamanthus campestris montanellus

The western fieldwren (Calamanthus montanellus) is a species of

International Ornithological Committee.[3]

A 2020 genetic and morphological analysis of the genus suggests that that C. montanellus is a synonym of C. campestris, and that rather than consisting of seven subspecies, C. campestris comprises two mainland subspecies C. c. campestris and C. c. rubiginosus east and west, respectively, of 133 degrees longitude, and only one island subspecies, C. c. hartogi.[4]

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