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Photo by ChrisCharles
Barren Grounds Reserve, New South Wales, Australia, April 2007

Dasyornis brachypterus

[edit] Identification

21cm.

• Dull brown upperparts
• Light grey underparts
• Rufous wings
• Pale face
• Long tail can look frayed
• Bristles at base of bill
• Bright red iris

[edit] Distribution

Photo by joe cockram
Barren Grounds Reserve, New South Wales, Australia, July 2006

Found only in Australia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• D. b. monoides: rated as critically endangered

• Eastern Australia (south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales)

• D. b. brachypterus: rated as endangered

• South-eastern Australia (south-eastern New South Wales and north-eastern Victoria)

[edit] Habitat

Low vegetation, heathland, and open woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

They forage in dense, low scrub, rarely flying any distance

[edit] Diet

The diet includes ants, grasshoppers and other insects.

[edit] Breeding

They build dome shaped nests either on or near the ground. The clutch consists of 2 eggs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. New South Wales government
3. Queensland Government
4. Australian Government - Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• Nature Conservation
• View more images of this species on the ABID