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The Yellow-rumped thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) is a bird found in Australia. Open woods and farmland across Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Yellow-rumped thornbill lives

Open woods and farmland across Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs80%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Yellow-rumped thornbill

Recorded by Chi-Hsuan Shao (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1173013. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Yellow-rumped thornbill

Where does the Yellow-rumped thornbill live?

The Yellow-rumped thornbill lives in Australia. Open woods and farmland across Australia.

What does the Yellow-rumped thornbill eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), seeds and nuts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Yellow-rumped thornbill endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Rufous scrubbird
• South Island kokako
• Flores crow
• Western bristlebird
• Red goshawk
• Erect-crested penguin

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.