From Opus

Dasyornis longirostris

[edit] Identification

17-20 cm

• Dark brown upper back, dappled pale grey
• Dark brown lower back
• Rufous-brown rump, upperwing-coverts, uppertail
• Off-white centre of breast and belly with fine black-brown scalloping
• Olive-brown sides of belly and flanks with fine black-brown scalloping
• Olive-brown undertail
  

Sexes similar
Juvenile similar to adult, but upperparts without dappling

[edit] Distribution

Coastal south-west Western Australia (east of Albany).

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Coastal heaths.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. BirdLife International

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID