Redthroat

Redthroat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Pyrrholaemus
Species:	P. brunneus
Binomial name
Pyrrholaemus brunneus (Gould, 1841)

The redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus) is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family (previously part of the Pardalotidae family). It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

Conservation status

Redthroats are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. However, their conservation status varies from state to state within Australia. For example:

• The redthroat is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988).^[2] Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has not yet been prepared.^[3]
• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the redthroat is listed as endangered.^[4]

References

1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pyrrholaemus brunneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
2. ↑ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
3. ↑ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
4. ↑ Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (2007). Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2007. East Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Sustainability and Environment. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0. 

• Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2