CINNAMON QUAIL-THRUSH

Photographed c.80 kms west of Tibooburra, February 2016

760          CINNAMON QUAIL-THRUSH             Cinclosoma cinnamomeum

Australia           (604)

Found in stony plains/tablelands, ridges; gravelly flats with sparse, low saltbush, bluebush, shrub-grown gullies. 17-24 cm. Range: an area covering sw Queensland, nw NSW, ne SA and se NT.

NULLARBOR QUAIL-THRUSH

Photographed a few kilometres from the Nullarbor Roadhouse, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia March 2015

544         NULLARBOR QUAIL-THRUSH             Cinclosoma alisteri

Australia            (385)

Until recently considered a subspecies of the Cinnamon Quail-thrush (Minclosoma cinnamomeum) this bird is rare and can only be found on the Nullarbor Plains. It inhabits low salt-bush and is mostly found around the Nullarbor Roadhouse.