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Australian Logrunner
Orthonyx temminckiiRanzani, 1822
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Orthonychidae
- Genus
- Orthonyx
At a glance
The Australian Logrunner is a small bird, about 18–21 cm long, endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 18–21 cm
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does an Australian Logrunner look like?
The Australian Logrunner is a small bird, about 18–21 cm long and weighing 49–75 g.
The Australian logrunner is a species of bird that is endemic to eastern Australia where it uses unique foraging techniques and adaptations to search for its food on the floors of temperate, subtropical, or tropical moist lowland forests in south-eastern Australia. Until 2002, it was widely considered to be conspecific with the New Guinea logrunner, but studies showed the two differ significantly, both genetically and vocally.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see an Australian Logrunner?
The Australian Logrunner is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call · Quality B
Rob Nicholson · Brindle Creek Picnic Area, Border Ranges, NSW, Australia, Australia
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Martin Rady · Beechmont QLD 4211, Australia
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Tanya Zubakin · Lamington, Beaudesert - Pt B, AU-QL, AU
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Will Cornwell · Bungwahl NSW 2423, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does an Australian Logrunner eat?
The Australian Logrunner feeds on terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
5 photos
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