Atherton Scrubwren - BirdForum Opus

Photo by megan perkins
Location: Mt Lewis, Queensland, Australia

Identification

13cm. Dark brown with yellowish underside.

Larger and darker than Large-billed Scrubwren which has different behavior.

Atherton region in north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

This is a monotypic species^[2].

Mountain rainforests (above 700m)^[3].

Breeding takes place from September (sometimes July) to January and nesting is low to the ground.

Feeding on low branches or on the ground, the diet includes insects and snails. This species normally is solitary or in pairs.

Pizzey, G and F Knight. 1997. Field Guide to Birds of Australia. London: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0207196911
Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019
Nielsen, L. 1996. Birds of Queensland's wet tropics and Great Barrier Reef. Gerard Industries. ISBN 978-0646272009

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Atherton Scrubwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Atherton_Scrubwren