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SOUTHERN LOGRUNNER FACTS |
Description
The male Southern Logrunner is reddish above mottled with black. The flight feathers are barred. Female is similar but has more reddish throat.
Other Names
Spinetail
Size
20cm
Habitat
rainforest. This small bird spends most of its time on the ground. It scratches around for food in the leaf litter.
Food
scratches in soil for insects and other invertebrates
Breeding
makes large domed nest made of sticks, ferns, moss, lined with soft material. Nest is near ground in tree buttress or log.
Range
coastal rainforest from south east Queensland to southern NSW
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: | Orthonychidae | | Genus: | Orthonyx | | Species: | temminckii | | Common Name: | Southern Logrunner |
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