Nullarbor Quail-thrush - BirdForum Opus

Cinclosoma alisteri

Identification

19 - 22cm (7.25 - 8.5 ins)
Male:

• Face pattern like other Quail-thrushes: White eyebrow, black face, broad white streak down sides of black throat
• Reddish-cinnamon upperparts
• Black breast
• Outer tail feathers black with white tip

Female:

• Duller than male, face grey-brown with white eyebrow and white throat
• Pale grey upper breast, no black

Distribution

Found in Australia.
Uncommon.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Cinnamon Quail-thrush or in Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush.

Habitat

In low vegetation associated with Nullarbor Plain limestone outcroppings.

Behaviour

Feeds on seeds, insects and spiders.
Foraging on the ground, walking slowly. Shy and elusive.
Breeding recorded in all months. The nest is a loose cup of grass, bark and sticks, placed in a depression in the ground or at the base of a tree, shrub or rock. Lays 3 eggs.
Resident with some local shifts depending on conditions, particularly alisteri.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
3. Simpson, K and N Day. 1998. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-4877-5

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Nullarbor Quail-thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Nullarbor_Quail-thrush

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