Australian Logrunners, Whipbirds, Pittas, Lyrebirds
|
|
FAMILY : Logrunners
|
Southern Logrunner
(Orthonyx temminckii) |
|
The male Southern Logrunner is reddish above mottled with black. The flight feathers are barred. Female is similar but has more reddish throat. Click to continue> |
|
|
FAMILY : Lyrebirds
|
Albert's Lyrebird
(Menura alberti) |
|
Click to continue> |
|
Superb Lyrebird
(Menura novaehollandiae) |
|
The Superb Lyrebird is a brown bird that looks a bit like a large pheasant. The body is greyish-brown and wings are reddish. The adult male has a long tail with plumed feathers that it spreads out into a lyre shape when it displays. The females and... Click to continue> |
|
|
FAMILY : Pittas
|
Blue-winged Pitta
(Pitta moluccensis) |
|
Click to continue> |
|
Noisy Pitta
(Pitta versicolor) |
|
The Pitta is a ground-feeding bird. Seeing one of these elusive birds is one of the highlights of a rainforest walk. Click to continue> |
|
Rainbow Pitta
(Pitta iris) |
|
A stocky upright ground-dwelling bird with a very short tail. Black, with a chestnut eyebrow. Wings and back green. Shoulder blue. Vent red. Stout black bill.
Normally seen alone, hopping quietly along the forest floor. Generally shy,... Click to continue> |
|
Red-bellied Pitta
(Pitta erythrogaster) |
|
Click to continue> |
|
|
FAMILY : Scrub-birds
|
Rufous Scrub-bird
(Atrichornis rufescens) |
|
The Rufous Scrub-bird is a fairly small brown bird that spends most of its time on the ground. The head, back wings and tail are brown with fine dark scale pattern. There is a white stripe on lower part of the face running down from base of bill -... Click to continue> |
|
|
FAMILY : Whipbirds, Quail Thrushes
|
Chestnut Quail-thrush
(Cinclosoma castanotus) |
|
The Chestnut Quail-thrush is a small bird with chestnut back. The male has black throat and chest, white face stripes above and below the eye and pale underside below the black chest. The female has grey chest and with no black markings, and also... Click to continue> |
|
Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush
(Cinclosoma castaneothorax) |
|
The Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush is a small bird from the semi-arid deserts of Australia. The male is has glossy black throat, chestnut coloured breast bordered below with black band, the back is reddish brown, the eyebrow is fawn brown, underside... Click to continue> |
|
Spotted Quail-thrush
(Cinclosoma punctatum) |
|
The Spotted Quail-thrush is a small bird from eastern Australia. The male is brown above with dark spots on wing and back, the face and throat is black, chest is bluish grey bordered with black below, underside is creamy brown with black spots. It... Click to continue> |
|
Chiming Wedgebill
(Psophodes occidentalis) |
|
Click to continue> |
|
Eastern Whipbird
(Psophodes olivaceus) |
|
The Eastern Whipbird is very secretive and feeds amongst leaf litter in forest. It is heard more often than it is seen, with its unmistakable whip crack sound. Click to continue> |
|
