- Cinclosoma punctatum
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.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Dry forests, eucalyptus forest with a littered, open floor, and 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.
