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 LC    Brown Songlark* Id (Atlas): 508
    Cincloramphus cruralis Endemic

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Brown Songlark, Brown Singing Lark, Black-breasted Songlark, Black-breasted Lark, Cock-tailed Songlark, Cock-tailed Lark, Songlark, Skylark, Northern Songlark, Western Songlark, Southern Songlark, Northern Skylark, Western Skylark, Southern Skylark, Australian Skylark, Harvestbird, Singing-lark, Corncrake, Cock-chit-a-wheeler

Family
Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds)

Size
18 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

Derivation
Cin-clo-ramph'-us - Gk, cinclos, bird; Gk, rhamphos, bill: crür-ä'-lis - -L., (strong) legged

Abundance (Guide)
C - MC

Highly nomadic, moving away from drought. Locally scarce to abundant, but generally quite common.

Habitat
Open, grassland, plain woodland and grassy inland scrub, slatbush plains, cultivated paddocks.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Brown Songlark
Australia, breeding almost entirely south of Tropic of Capricorn. Non-breeding across much of interior.
 
Australia generelly, except Tasmania and Cape York Peninsula.
 
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).

Status LC
Probably secure.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in twos during the breeding season. Occasionally in small groups of up to six.

Food
Seeds and insects. Sometimes seeds.

Voice
Loud, clear, the pattern of notes being jerky and erratic. The notes are often abrupt, varying from hard, metallic noises and buzzing sounds to clear and musical notes. Sometimes sounds similar to a squeaking metal cartwheel turning slowly on a rusty axle. A 'skit-scot-a-wheeler'.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

 
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) [XC596008]
     by Marc Anderson from White Cliffs, Central Darling Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia (song)

 
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) [XC605830]
     by Marc Anderson from Bland, Bland Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia (uncertain)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Usually August - December.

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Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of dried grasses and softer materials, in a depression in the ground, usually near a tuft of grass or a low shrub.

Eggs (Guide)
3 or 4; pale pink, covered with numerous freckles of red-brown, particular at the larger end; long-oval; about 23 x 17 mm. Incubation: about 11 - 13 days; by female.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 9 - 14 days. Fledglings mostly fed by female.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Striking morphological differences from Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi) suggest that the two species may not be closely related and should perhaps be placed in separate genera.

Notes
Female and juveniles with Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi) which has a rufous rump.


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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