- Climacteris erythrops
Identification
Males are dull brown with a grey crown and nape. A broad rufous-brown eyebrow extends across the face. Its throat and chin are white. The breast and belly is grey with broad dark brown and white streaks. The female is similar but with a red-brown eyebrow and rusty red streaks on the upper breast.
Distribution
Endemic to Australia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Mountain forests, but can also be found in coastal rainforest.
Behaviour
Its diet is primarily insects.
It breeds from August through to January. Its nest is built of bark covered in a layer of fur, and is placed in a tree hollow 5 to 30m off the ground.
This bird spends most of its time foraging and nesting high up in the forest canopy. It occasionally comes to the ground to hunt.
