Editing Scrubbird (section)

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Scrubbird
| image = Atrichornis-clamosus.jpg
| image_caption = [[Noisy scrubbird]] (''Atrichornis clamosus'')
| parent_authority = [[Leonhard Hess Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1885
| taxon = Atrichornis
| authority = [[Leonhard Hess Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1885
| type_species = ''[[Noisy scrubbird|Atrichia clamosa]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=116 |title= Ptilorhynchidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = Gould, 1844
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
*''[[Atrichornis rufescens]]''
*''[[Atrichornis clamosus]]''
}}

'''Scrubbirds''' are [[Shyness|shy]], secretive, ground-dwelling birds  of the family '''Atrichornithidae'''. There are just two [[species]]. The [[rufous scrubbird]] is rare and very restricted in its range, and the [[noisy scrubbird]] is so rare that until 1961 it was thought to be [[extinct]]. Both are native to [[Australia]].

The scrubbird family is ancient and is understood to be most closely related to the [[lyrebird]]s, and probably also the [[bowerbird]]s and [[Australasian treecreeper|treecreepers]]. All four families originated with the great [[corvid radiation]] of the [[Australia-New Guinea]] region.

The population of the [[noisy scrubbird]] was estimated at 40 to 45 birds in 1962. [[Wildlife conservation|Conservation]] efforts succeeded in increasing the population to around 400 birds by the mid-1980s, and they have subsequently been reintroduced to several sites, but remain endangered.  As of 2002, the population had recovered to around 1,200 birds.