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Chowchilla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Orthonychidae

Elevation
  
73 m

Zip code
  
93610

Local time
  
Sunday 8:42 PM

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Orthonyx

Area
  
19.84 km²

Population
  
17,383 (2013)

Area code
  
559

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind SE at 2 km/h, 83% Humidity

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The chowchilla (Orthonyx spaldingii) is a passerine bird in the family Orthonychidae. It is endemic to Australia.

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Taxonomy

In their 1999 study, Schodde and Mason recognise two adjoining subspecies, O. s. spaldingii and O. s. melasmenus with a zone of intergradation.

Description

Unmistakable thrush-like, ground-dwelling, birds. Males and females largely dark brown with white eye-ring, tail-feather shafts extend as spines beyond feather-vanes; males with white throat, breast and belly; females with bright rufous throat and upper breast, white lower breast and belly.

Distribution and habitat

The chowchilla is restricted to upland and lowland tropical rainforests of north-eastern Queensland.

Diet

Mainly invertebrates, but also small vertebrates.

Voice

Continuous chattering, singing and other complex vocalisations.

Breeding

Nests on or near ground, often on ferns, stumps or logs. Builds a bulky, dome-shaped stick-nest with a clutch of one, possibly sometimes two, white eggs.

References

Chowchilla Wikipedia