Chowchilla
Orthonyx spaldingii ‡
Mt Lewis, Julattan, FNE Qld IMG_8990 20201010 - melasmenus male. CLICK for calling cacophany.
Notes: Upper parts blackish-brown; orbital ring pale blue.
Male: chin, throat breast white.
Female: chin, throat rich rufous brown.
Juvenile: upperpart feathers rusty rufous w. pale central
shafts &
blackish-brown tips. Ssp melasmenus (N of Julatten) is smaller &
darker than nominate
spaldingii (S to Paluma Ranges), with black
of nape not clearly demarcated from mantle, bill
~longer. Very vocal at
dawn in groups on floor of tropical rainforest. Cf related
Logrunner.
Range from Morcombe©
Mt Lewis, Julattan, FN Qld IMG_3545 20201208 - melasmenus female. CLICK for juvenile with female.
Mt Lewis, Julattan, FNE Qld IMG_8982 20201010 - melasmenus male. CLICK for calling cacophany.
Mt Lewis, Julattan, FNE Qld IMG_8996+8997 20201010 - melasmenus female.
Mt Lewis, Julattan, FNE Qld IMG_8978 20201010 - melasmenus juvenile. CLICK for another pic.
Mt Lewis, Julattan, FNE Qld IMG_8983 20170914 - melasmenus male. CLICK for pic of female.
Birthday Creek Camp, Paluma NP, NE Qld IMG_9427b 20220223 - spaldingii male. CLICK for female IMG_9426b.
Birthday Creek Camp, Paluma NP, NE Qld IMG_2953 20200819 - spaldingii family, female closest. CLICK for audio of them calling.
Birthday Creek Camp, Paluma NP, NE Qld IMG_9425b 20220223 - spaldingii male
Mt Lewis, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_8987 20201010 - melasmenus male feeding and feeding juvenile.
Mt Lewis, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_8999 20201010 - melasmenus female feeding and feeding juvenile.
Mt Lewis, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_9000 20201010 - melasmenus family feeding.