Sandstone Shrikethrush (Colluricincla woodwardi) [XC840663]
by nick talbot from Nawurlandja Lookout, Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia (song)
Sandstone Shrikethrush (Colluricincla woodwardi) [XC172308]
by nick talbot from Kakadu National Park (near Kakadu), Northern Territory, Australia (song)
Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of roots of spinifex, placed in crevices of cliffs.
Eggs (Guide)
2 or 3; pearly white with well-defined brown-black, brown and slate-grey spots, mostly large and sparingly distributed, mainly at the larger end; oval; about 30 x 21 mm. Incubation: about 16 days.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Somewhat paler and greyer birds in west of range sometimes separated as a geographical subspecies, assimilis, but differences from eastern birds slight and variation apparently clinal.
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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
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