Family: Orthonychidae
Description
Logrunners from New Guinea and Australia.
Stocky and similar build birds with powerful legs with well-developed claws. The have rounded wings with ten primaries and stiffened shafts of the ten tail feathers, the tips portruding beyond the ends of the feathers as spines. All species are sexually dimorphic.
Taxonomy
This family contains only a single genus. Orthonychidae is a Family in the Order Passeriformes.
It's taxonomic placement was longtime problematic, but recent DNA studies established it in its own family, belonging to the Australo-Papuan passeriform radiation, the parvorder "Corvida".
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References
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Orthonychidae. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Orthonychidae
