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Australian Logrunner
Orthonyx temminckiiRanzani, 1822
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Orthonychidae
- Genus
- Orthonyx
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South-east QLD to south-central NSW (east Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call · Quality B
Rob Nicholson · Brindle Creek Picnic Area, Border Ranges, NSW, Australia, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
5 photos
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