Species profile
Pilotbird
Pycnoptilus floccosus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are se Australia.
- Scientific name
- Pycnoptilus floccosus
- Family
- Acanthizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pycnoptilus
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Pilotbird in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
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- Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- Brown-breasted Gerygone (Gerygone ruficollis)