Eastern shriketit
Falcunculus frontatus (Latham, 1802)
The eastern shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) is a species in the family Pachycephalidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 25.6 g to 30.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the eastern shriketit
- Weight
- 25.6 g – 30.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- woodlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.4 – 2.7src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
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Where does the eastern shriketit live?
Not recorded
What is the eastern shriketit?
The eastern shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Falcunculidae. It is also known as bark tit, crested tit or yellow-bellied tit.
It is found in south-eastern Australia from the southeast of South Australia, throughout Victoria, eastern New South Wales to southeastern Queensland, with some scattered occurrences further north and west in Queensland.
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Is the eastern shriketit endangered?
The eastern shriketit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the eastern shriketit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPachycephalidae
- genusFalcunculus
- SpeciesFalcunculus frontatus (Latham, 1802)
Synonyms Falcunculus frontatus herbertoni, Falcunculus frontatus iredalei, Falcunculus frontatus lumholtzi, Lanius frontatus
Other names and names in other languages (46)
- Crested shrike-titEnglish
- Crested shrike-titEnglish
- Crested shrike-titEnglish
- Crested shrike-tit (eastern)English
- Crested shriketitEnglish
- Crested shriketitEnglish
- Eastern shrike-titEnglish
- xiuladora arlequinadaCatalan
- pištec sokolíCzech
- aderyn rhisglWelsh
- Toppet TornskademejseDanish
- MeisendickkopfGerman
- Grauschwanz-MeisendickkopfGerman
- eosta falkunkuloEsperanto
- Silbador CabezónSpanish
- Silbador cabezón orientalSpanish
- töyhtöviheltäjäFinnish
- Falconelle à casqueFrench
- kudrava zviždavkaCroatian
- búbos gébicscinegeHungarian
- Cinciaverla crestataItalian
- Averla falchetto orientaleItalian
- ハシブトモズヒタキJapanese
- 관때까치박새Korean
- kuoduotasis švilpikasLithuanian
- barkplystrerNorwegian Bokmål
- HarlekijndikkopDutch
- Oostelijke HarlekijndikkopDutch
- østbarkplystrerNorwegian
- czubiec żółtobrzuchyPolish
- cabeçudinhoPortuguese
- cabeçudinho-orientalPortuguese
- picanço-chapimPortuguese
- picanço-chapim-orientalPortuguese
- Синичья толстоголовкаRussian
- Синицевая толстоголовкаRussian
- pruhohlávok lesnýSlovak
- Ćubasta svračkolika senicaSerbian
- falknäbbSwedish
- östlig falknäbbSwedish
- tofsvisslareSwedish
- KerpetenkuşuTurkish
- чубарецьUkrainian
- чубарець лісовийUkrainian
- 冠鵙雀Chinese
- 东鵙雀鹟Chinese
Relatives of the eastern shriketit
Other species in the same family Pachycephalidae.
Mottled berryhunter
Rhagologus leucostigma
Australian golden whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey shrikethrush
Colluricincla harmonica
Bornean whistler
Pachycephala hypoxantha
Bower's shrikethrush
Colluricincla boweri
Black pitohui
Melanorectes nigrescens
CompareEastern shriketit vs Mottled berryhunterEastern shriketit vs Australian golden whistlerEastern shriketit vs Grey shrikethrushEastern shriketit vs Bornean whistler
Common questions
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How big is the eastern shriketit?
An adult eastern shriketit weighs 25.6 g – 30.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the eastern shriketit endangered?
The eastern shriketit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the eastern shriketit?
The eastern shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) belongs to the family Pachycephalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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