Calamanthus fuliginosus
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The striated fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae, endemic to Australia. The striated fieldwren is a small bird, 140mm in size. It is light brown and olive-colored, with a white stomach, and black streaks all over. Its tail is cocked and whitish with black and brown streaks.
The striated fieldwren's front is buff with dark gray and brown streaks; their wings are also brown and gray but with darker and bolder streaks. The bird's flight feathers, however, do not have streaks. Instead, they have fine light gray edges. A whitish line over the eye can also be found on the striated fieldwren.
Striated fieldwrens can be difficult to spot as they forage quietly in thick vegetation or on the ground. If approached, the bird's tail will elevate and sometimes move side to side, while continuing its song until it feels trapped, then it will fly away and relocate.
During the springtime, the striated fieldwren is easier to spot as they perch up in vegetation, and the male fieldwrens will sing. Striated fieldwrens have a unique sound that can be described as a song, sounding strong and whirring. Their song... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Striated Fieldwren sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 211th most-seen of the 236 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Striated Fieldwren in Melbourne on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striated Fieldwren sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Melbourne, in our data
Melbourne is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Striated Fieldwren sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acanthizidae
The closest relatives of the Striated Fieldwren that you can see in Melbourne (family Acanthizidae, Thornbills and Allies) are Brown Thornbill (about 40%) and White-browed Scrubwren (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Striated Fieldwren is recorded against all the birds logged in Melbourne (19 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
