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Dasyornis broadbenti

Photo by Hans & Judy Beste
Location: Coastal Western Victoria, Australia

[edit] Identification

Dark brown above, long tail and rufous crown, nape and ear coverts. Cinnamon brown rump and centre of wings, pale grey-brown underside with scalloped markings on its throat and chest. A light grey marking surrounds the eye and extends to the bill.

[edit] Distribution

Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Coastal scrubs and thickets, and undergrowth in gullies in temperate rain forest.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes ground-dwelling invertebrates.

Nests are built close to the ground, in tussocks or low shrubs.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID