North-eastern South Australia, extending west to the Gawler Range and the Musgrave Ranges, southern Northern Territory, south-western Queensland and western New South Wales.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Cinnamon Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma cinnamomeum) [XC859777]
by Peter Boesman from Birdsville track, South Australia, Australia (song)
Cinnamon Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma cinnamomeum) [XC859778]
by id from Birdsville track, South Australia, Australia (song)
Breeding Season (Guide)
June - November or after rain.
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Nest
A depression in the ground, lined with a few twigs and dead leaves, usually at the foot of a low bush or under roots.
Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 2 - 3
Color: pale cream-grey spotted with browns and greys
Dimensions: 28 x 20 mm (oblong-oval)
Incubation: by female
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fed by both parents.
Subspecies
Subspecies alisteri often regarded as a separate species, and in the past was sometimes treated as a subspecies of Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma castaneothorax). Conversely, subspecies marginatum of Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma castaneothorax) has sometimes been included within present species.
Subspecies tirariense doubtfully separable from nominate, the two intergrading in a broad zone. The described subspecies samueli (from South Australia) regarded as inseparable from nominate.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
cinnamomeum Gould, 1846 - Northern Gawler Ranges and north-western Eyre Peninsula, SA, north and north-east to the upper Finke River Drainage, Simpson - Strzelecki Deserts and Birdsville - Bedourie, NT - Qld, western and eastern fringes of central and northern Flinders Ranges and lake Eyre and lake Frome Basins, SA, north-western New South Wales and far south-western Qld.
alisteri Mathews, 1910 - Nullarbor Plain, SA - WA. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Nullarbor Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma alisteri).
tirariense Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999 - Deserts of east-central Australia (south-eastern northern Territory, north-western South Australia, central-western Queensland).
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