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 LC    Nullarbor Quail-thrush* Id (Atlas): 439
    Cinclosoma alisteri Endemic

Description (9)
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Family
Cinclosomatidae (Quail-thrushes And Jewel-babblers)

Size
18 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
Mathews, 1910

Abundance (Guide)
UC

Uncommon. Sedentary or locally nomadic.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Nullarbor Quail-thrush
Nullarbor Plain, SA - WA.
 
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 (2013).

Habits
Usually singly or in twos, occasionally in small parties of up to 6.

Food
Mainly insects and seeds.

Voice
An insect-like 'see see see' or 'sisisisi'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Nullarbor Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma alisteri) [XC615887]
     by id from Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia (call, 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
Dimensions: 28 x 20 mm (oblong-oval)
Incubation: by female

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fed by both parents.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

In the past was sometimes treated as a subspecies of Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma castaneothorax).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cinnamon Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma cinnamomeum).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Nullarbor Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma alisteri) - 9 files


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