CHESNUT QUAIL-THRUSH

Photographed in Murray-Sunset National Park, Victoria February 2016

758            CHESTNUT QUAIL THRUSH            Cinclosoma castanotus

Australia          (602)

Found in mallee-spinifex; mulga, cypress pine, with shrub layer; desert eucalyptus woodlands; saltbush, desert-heaths, coastal tea-tree. 20-26 cm. Range: se Aust.: from Round HillNR (NSW), s. to Cocoparra NP, n. to c. Roto; mallee areas of sw NSW-nw Vict., s. to ne. Little Desert NP; se. SA. Sedentary. Locally nomadic. Was named Chestnut-backed Quail-thrush but after recent split is now Chestnut Quail-thrush, and the split is Copper-backed Quail-thrush.