The Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia) is a species of bird in the Pardalotidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Conservation status

Australia

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren are not listed as threatened on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Victoria

• A subspecies of the Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (C. p. pyrrhopygius) listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has not been prepared.
• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, this species is listed as vulnerable.