Endangered
Fernwren
Oreoscopus gutturalis
Fernwren is a perching bird in the family Acanthizidae (order Passeriformes) — Oreoscopus gutturalis, recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
The Fernwren has a white eyebrow and throat, enclosing a dark brown face. Beneath the white throat, it has a black bib. The upperparts are dark olive-brown and the underparts paler.
It is 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) in length.
Published measurements include mass about 16.6.
Range and habitat
The Fernwren is found in northeast Queensland rainforest between 300–1,500 m (980–4,920 ft) above sea-level, although more often above 650 m (2,130 ft). It is found in the Paluma Range, near Townsville, and from the Tully Gorge National Park northwards to Cape Tribulation. It is endemic to northern Queensland in Australia.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet and breeding
The Fernwren forages in the moist leaf-litter amongst the ferns and dense shrubbery, particularly in shady gullies of highland rainforests. In the breeding season from July to January (mainly October and November), the male and female fernwrens together construct a domed nest, often hidden beneath an overhanging bank, fallen log or in a small cave amid the ferns.
The nest is composed of twigs, rootlets, moss, and lichen.
In crisis
Fernwren is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Fernwren, Wikidata item Q1587309. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
