Australian Logrunner
Orthonyx temminckii
O'Reilly's, Lamington NP, SE Qld IMG_3221 20190702 - female. CLICK for another view.
Notes: Small chunky. Two pale-grey wing bars. Grey
face/head w. brown cap.
Male: white chin, throat w. black border.
Female: like M but orange-rufous throat.
Ground-dwelling forager
in leaf litter of temperate & subtropical rainforests in e Aust.
with side-kick action propped on rigid tail feathers; like related
Chowchilla.
Range from Pizzey & Knight©
O'Reilly's, Lamington NP, SE Qld IMG_2306 20220319 - male. CLICK for another 20220317.
O'Reilly's, Lamington NP, SE Qld IMG_3232 20190702 -female
Binna Burra, Lamington NP, SE Qld IMG_2570 20190630 - male
O'Reilly's, Lamington NP, SE Qld IMG_2321 20220319 - female. CLICK for group party sounds.
Binna Burra, Lamington NP, SE Qld IMG_2563 20190630 - male
O'Reilly's, Lamington NP, SE Qld IMG_3171 20190702 - female
Binna Burra, Lamington NP, SE Qld MVI_2570 20190630 - male
O'Reilly's, Lamington NP, SE Qld MVI_3233 20190702 - female
Maiala Tk, Mt Glorious, SE Qld MVI_3842 20190705 - male sharing w. female