Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) [XC859866]
by Peter Boesman from Birdsville track, South Australia, Australia (call)
Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) [XC311781]
by Marc Anderson from Sutherlands Lake, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of grass and fine rootlets, lined with finer materials, in a low bush or tall grass.
Eggs (Guide)
Usually 3, sometimes 4; white, sometimes with a faint pink tinge, spotted with red-black, sepia and red-brown, mainly at the larger end; oval; about 18 x 13 mm. Incubation: about 12 days; by both sexes.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 10 days.
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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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