Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)
About the Australian Logrunner
The Australian logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) is a species of bird that is endemic to eastern Australia where it uses unique foraging techniques and adaptations to search for its food on the floors of temperate, subtropical, or tropical moist lowland forests in south-eastern Australia. Until 2002, it was widely considered to be conspecific with the New Guinea logrunner, but studies showed the two differ significantly, both genetically and vocally. It is known by a number of common names including spine-tailed logrunner, spine-tail, logrunner, scrub quail and chowcilla.
A real field recording of the Australian Logrunner. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Australia · xeno-canto lists 57 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- ChowchillaOrthonyx spaldingiiprofile
- Papuan LogrunnerOrthonyx novaeguineaeprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.