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[[Image:Spotted_Quail-thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|jimmclean|jimmclean}}<br />Near Armidale, NSW, [[Australia]], September 2007]]
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'''Alternative names: Spotted Ground-bird; Spotted Ground-thrush; Spotted Babbling-thrush; Spotted Ground-dove'''
 
;[[:Category:Cinclosoma|Cinclosoma]] punctatum
 
;[[:Category:Cinclosoma|Cinclosoma]] punctatum
[[Image:Spotted_Quail-thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by jimmclean
 
<br />Photo taken: Near Armidale, NSW, Australia]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
26-28 cm. Mottled blend of white, buff, rust or reddish brown, brown, and black, light brown head, white brow stripe, black throat with a white patch,  pinkish breast.
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24 -30 cm.<br />
 
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Male:
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* Black face with white eyebrow
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* White patch on sides of black throat
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* Grey neck and breast
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* Broad black spots on back and flanks
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* Black shoulder with white tips
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* Greyish-brown tail with white tips
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Female:
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* Paler and duller than male
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* Orange patch on side of buff-white throat
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Australia]].
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Found in east and southeast [[Australia]] and east [[Tasmania]].<br />
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Sparse but locally common. No records of ''anachoreta'' since 1984.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Three subspecies recognized (with one critically endangered or even already extinct):
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* ''C. p. punctatum'' in southeast [[Australia]]
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* ''C. p. anachoreta'' in Mount Lofty Ranges, southeast south [[Australia]]
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* ''C. p. dovei'' in east [[Tasmania]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Dry forests, eucalyptus forest with a littered, open floor, and rocky hillsides.
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Dry open sclerophyll forest and woodland. Prefers rocky hillsides.
 
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The diet includes insects and other invertebrates, but they also eat small vertebrates and seeds at times. They pick their prey from the ground which they hunt in a slow, meandering fashion.
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The diet includes insects and other invertebrates, but they also eat small vertebrates and seeds at times. They pick their prey from the ground which they hunt in a slow, meandering fashion.<br />
 
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The breeding season is July-August to December. The female builds the cup-like nest of dry vegetation and puts the nest into a depression in the ground near the base of a tree, shrub, rock, or clump of grass. 2 spotted eggs are laid and are incubated by the female; the male helps to feed the chicks during and after the 19 day fledging period. In any breeding season, one to three broods may be raised.<br />
The breeding season is July-August to December. The female builds the cup-like nest of dry vegetation and puts the nest into a depression in the ground near the base of a tree, shrub, rock, or clump of grass. 2 spotted eggs are laid and are incubated by the female; the male helps to feed the chicks during and after the 19 day fledging period. In any breeding season, one to three broods may be raised.
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Resident species.
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Cinclosoma+punctatum}}
 
{{GSearch|Cinclosoma+punctatum}}
  
[[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] [[Category:Cinclosoma]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cinclosoma]]

Revision as of 10:26, 31 October 2009

Male
Photo by jimmclean
Near Armidale, NSW, Australia, September 2007

Alternative names: Spotted Ground-bird; Spotted Ground-thrush; Spotted Babbling-thrush; Spotted Ground-dove

Cinclosoma punctatum

Identification

24 -30 cm.
Male:

  • Black face with white eyebrow
  • White patch on sides of black throat
  • Grey neck and breast
  • Broad black spots on back and flanks
  • Black shoulder with white tips
  • Greyish-brown tail with white tips

Female:

  • Paler and duller than male
  • Orange patch on side of buff-white throat

Distribution

Found in east and southeast Australia and east Tasmania.
Sparse but locally common. No records of anachoreta since 1984.

Taxonomy

Three subspecies recognized (with one critically endangered or even already extinct):

  • C. p. punctatum in southeast Australia
  • C. p. anachoreta in Mount Lofty Ranges, southeast south Australia
  • C. p. dovei in east Tasmania

Habitat

Dry open sclerophyll forest and woodland. Prefers rocky hillsides.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects and other invertebrates, but they also eat small vertebrates and seeds at times. They pick their prey from the ground which they hunt in a slow, meandering fashion.
The breeding season is July-August to December. The female builds the cup-like nest of dry vegetation and puts the nest into a depression in the ground near the base of a tree, shrub, rock, or clump of grass. 2 spotted eggs are laid and are incubated by the female; the male helps to feed the chicks during and after the 19 day fledging period. In any breeding season, one to three broods may be raised.
Resident species.

External Links

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