Photographed at Brushy Mountain Camping Ground, Werrikimbe National Park, near Walcha, NSW, October 2018 |
1262 RUFOUS SCRUBBIRD Atrichornis rufescens
AUSTRALIAN 759
Found in isolated pockets of dense moist tangles of ferns and undergrowth up to a metre high, with tussocks, fallen logs and deep leaf litter; often adjacent or near temperate rainforests, including Antarctic beech. Isolated populations above 600 m; from Mt Mistake, s of Gratton (Q), s to McPherson's Ranges and ranges in ne NSW, inland to New England Ranges and Gibraltar Range N"P s to Barrington Tops NP (NSW). Rare, sedentary, range much reduced by logging.