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Photo by Bouette Mike Bouette
Cheynes Beach, Western Australia, November 2016
Dasyornis longirostris

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

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Coastal heaths.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

<flashmp3> Western Bristlebird Cheynes Beach 280609.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Cheynes Beach, June 2009
Recording by Andrew Whitehouse

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.
  2. BirdLife International

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