From Opus
Alternative names: Black-breasted Quail-thrush; Black-breasted Groundbird; Black-breasted Ground-thrush
- Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
[edit] Identification
19 - 22cm (7.25 - 8.5 ins)
Male:
- Face pattern like other Quail-thrushes: White eyebrow, black face, broad white streak down sides of black throat
- Plain cinnamon-rufous upperparts
- Buff white patch on upper breast, broad black band below.
- Outer tail feathers black with white tip
Female:
- Duller than male, face grey-brown with white eyebrow and white throat
- Pale grey upper breast, no black
[edit] Distribution
Found in in east-central Australia: south-eastern Queensland to north-western New South Wales, central and north-eastern South Australia and south-eastern Northern Territory.
Locally common.
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It formerly included Nullarbor Quail-thrush.
[edit] Habitat
Gibber plains, in sparse vegetation along (dry) watercourses.
[edit] Behaviour
Feeds on seeds, insects and spiders.
Foraging on the ground, walking slowly. Shy and elusive.
Breeding recorded in all months. The nest is a loose cup of grass, bark and sticks, placed in a depression in the ground or at the base of a tree, shrub or rock. Lays 2 eggs.
Resident with some local shifts depending on conditions, particularly alisteri.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
- Simpson, K and N Day. 1998. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-4877-5
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