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Cincloramphus cruralis

Photo by Lima
Swanpool, Victoria, Australia, January 2005

Cinclorhamphus cruralis

[edit] Identification

Male 23-25 cm

• Dark cinnamon brown
• Black bill and iris
  

Female 18-19cm

• Brown back
• Brownish-white underparts

The male Brown Songlark is the only Australian bird with fawn crown contrasted with sooty-brown face and breast.

Photo by Mike Bouette
Bremer Bay Western Australia, November 2007

[edit] Distribution

Australia (escept most north and east coast regions): found in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Placed in genus Megalurus by Gill and Donsker.

[edit] Habitat

Pastureland and open grassy scrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Flight

Legs dangle in flight.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects and seeds.

[edit] Breeding

The nests is a small depression in the ground; the female incubates the eggs and rears the young.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID