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AKA Southern Logrunner | AKA Southern Logrunner | ||
[[Image:Logrunner.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mehdhalaouate. Location: Lamingtong NP]] | [[Image:Logrunner.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mehdhalaouate. Location: Lamingtong NP]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | The | + | The upperside is cryptically patterned with brown, grey, and black, head is grey on the side, and the chin, throat and breast are in the male pure white, reddish-orange in the female. The remiges are very short, rounded and much incurved, showing a bird of weak flight. The rectrices are very broad, the shafts stiff, and towards the tip without barbs. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
The Logrunner, Orthonyx temminckii, is from south-eastern Australia to southern Queensland; it is very local in its distribution. | The Logrunner, Orthonyx temminckii, is from south-eastern Australia to southern Queensland; it is very local in its distribution. | ||
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Leafy ground in Rainforests. | Leafy ground in Rainforests. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | It is strictly terrestrial in its habits. | + | It is strictly terrestrial in its habits. Insects and larvae are their chief food, found by scraping and throwing leaves around. They will often be half buried in the leaf litter and as such difficult to see as only the upper surface shows above the leaves. |
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| + | The males are described as performing dancing antics like those of the lyrebird. It builds a domed nest on or near the ground. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Orthonyx+temminckii}} | {{GSearch|Orthonyx+temminckii}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=66&bid=1087 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=66&bid=1087 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
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Revision as of 19:40, 4 February 2008
- Orthonyx temminckii
AKA Southern Logrunner
Identification
The upperside is cryptically patterned with brown, grey, and black, head is grey on the side, and the chin, throat and breast are in the male pure white, reddish-orange in the female. The remiges are very short, rounded and much incurved, showing a bird of weak flight. The rectrices are very broad, the shafts stiff, and towards the tip without barbs.
Distribution
The Logrunner, Orthonyx temminckii, is from south-eastern Australia to southern Queensland; it is very local in its distribution.
Taxonomy
Northern Logrunner, Orthonyx novaeguineae, found locally in New Guinea, was formerly considered a subspecies of this species. One of the things that (again) caused these species to be split was a DNA analysis: J. A. Norman, L. Christidis, L. Joseph, B. Slikas & D. Alpers (2002) Unravelling a biogeographical knot: origin of the 'leapfrog' distribution pattern of Australo-Papuan sooty owls (Strigiformes) and logrunners (Passeriformes). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. Biological Sciences. 269, 2127-2133. (Full text available online).
Habitat
Leafy ground in Rainforests.
Behaviour
It is strictly terrestrial in its habits. Insects and larvae are their chief food, found by scraping and throwing leaves around. They will often be half buried in the leaf litter and as such difficult to see as only the upper surface shows above the leaves.
The males are described as performing dancing antics like those of the lyrebird. It builds a domed nest on or near the ground.
