Noisy Scrubbird (Atrichornis clamosus) | Photos and ID

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ShrublandDomed nestSmall · 42 g

Noisy Scrubbird (Atrichornis clamosus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Em Lamond, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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The noisy scrubbird features a dark brown coloured back, rust-like coloured wings and a speckled chestnut colored breast region with a grey-brown or pink bill and brown or silver legs and feet. They vary from 19–23 cm. in length and 25-58 grams. The males are distinguished from the females by exhibiting a black triangle on their throat . They are closely related to the lyrebird, having only evolutionarily separated from them approximately 30-35 million years ago.

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When to see the Noisy Scrubbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Noisy Scrubbird

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia

About the Noisy Scrubbird

The noisy scrubbird is a species of bird in the family Atrichornithidae. It is endemic to the coastal heaths of south-western Australia.

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Easily confused with

Rufous ScrubbirdAtrichornis rufescensBoth sexes are brown with a rufous breast and a lightly barred back.

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