Shy Heathwren
Hylacola cauta
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acanthizidae
- Genus
- Hylacola
- eBird Code
- shyhea1
Taxonomy Changes
Calamanthus cautus → Hylacola cauta
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Reiner Richter · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (4)
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Hylacola cauta cauta
south-central Australia (Eyre Peninsula and Flinders Ranges to northwestern Victoria and adjacent New South Wales)
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Hylacola cauta halmaturina
south-central Australia (Kangaroo Island, off South Australia)
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Hylacola cauta macrorhyncha
southeastern Australia (Griffith to Cobar, central New South Wales)
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Hylacola cauta whitlocki
semiarid southwestern central Australia
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.