Calamanthus

Calamanthus is a genus of bird in the family Acanthizidae.

Calamanthus
Striated fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Calamanthus Gould, 1838
Type species
Praticola anthoides Swainson, 1837=Anthus fuliginosus Vigors & Horsfield, 1827[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Calamanthus was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould ^[2] as a replacement name for Praticola that had been introduced in 1837 by William Swainson to accommodate Praticola anthoides Swainson, a junior synonym of Anthus fuliginosus Vigors and Horsfield, the striated fieldwren.^[3][4] The name Praticola was pre-occupied as it had previous been introduced in 1829 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup.^[4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek καλαμαια/kalamaia meaning "grasshopper" with the genus Anthus Bechstein, 1805.^[6]

A poorly researched genus, the alliance has been recognised as a single species treatment (Schodde, 1975) and later two species or provisionally three separate species.^[7] Birds of the World: Recommended English Names lists the following three species:^[8]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	rufous fieldwren	Calamanthus campestris	Australia.
	striated fieldwren	Calamanthus fuliginosus	Australia.
	Western fieldwren	Calamanthus montanellus	Australia.