- Cinclosoma marginatum
Identification
21 - 25cm (8¼-9¾ in)
Male:
- Dark warm olive-brown upperparts
- Reddish-brown upper breast
- Face pattern like other Quail-thrushes, white eyebrow, broad white streak on side of black throat, rest greyish-brown
- Black lower breast, cinnamon-yellow flanks, black line between flanks and white belly
Female:
- Like female of Cinnamon Quail-thrush but with rufous wash on grey breast
Distribution
Found in central Western Australia, southwest Northern Territory and extreme northwest South Australia.
Common.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush or in Cinnamon Quail-thrush.
Habitat
Stony hills with scrubby vegetation. Prefers low acacia-covered ridges.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects, spiders and seeds.
Forages on the ground, slowly walking. Elusive and shy.
Breeding
Breeding season variable, does not breed at all in drought. The nest is a loose bowl of grass, leaves and twigs placed on the ground under a tree or shrub. Lays 2 eggs.
Movements
Resident species with some local dispersal according to rainfall.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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
- Simpson, K and N Day. 1998. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-4877-5
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Western Quail-thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Western_Quail-thrush
