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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Little Shrike-thrush is a small shrike-thrush from Australia and New Guinea. The back and head is brown or grey brown. The underside is pale grey or pale buff brown. The bill is black or pinkish brown. There are several sub species in various shades of grey and brown. Juvenile birds have chestnut brown on wings.
Size
18 cm
Habitat
rainforest, woodland, paperbark swamps, mangroves
Food
insects and other invertebrates found in foliage and tree bark
Breeding
the nest is cup-shape made of twigs, leaves and bark built in the fork of a tree or tree stump
Range
found in north eastern New South Wales, eastern Queensland, and northern parts of the Northern Territory
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Pachycephalidae | | Genus: | Colluricincla | | Species: | megarhyncha | | Common Name: | Little Shrike-thrush |
Relatives in same Genus
Bower's Shrike-thrush (C. boweri)
Grey Shrike-thrush (C. harmonica)
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