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Northern Scrub-robins are thrush-sized, mostly ground-dwelling birds. They have a white face with a black, near-vertical bar through each eye, a light-grey front (from chest to belly) and neck and a greyish-brown cap, mantle and back. Rump and tail are rusty, white undertail coverts and vent are white. The wings are boldly patterned black and white, with two white wing bars and white edge lining on the flight feathers. The irises are dark-brown. The bill is black; legs and long-toed feet are pink.

The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org .

The global distribution of the Northern Scrub-robin is available HERE .

Northern Scrub-robins are endemic to Australia. Their range is limited to the eastern near-coastal fringe of Cape York peninsula in far north-eastern Australia, as far southwards as about Iron Range NP, QLD.

Northern Scrub-robins have a preference for monsoon forest, vine thickets and the fringes of rainforest, in particular with dense leaf litter.

B. Hensen reports spotting a Northern Scrub-robin at Kutini Payamu (Iron Range) NP, QLD, in December 2018.

M. Eaton found Northern Scrub-robins at Kutini Payamu (Iron Range) NP, QLD, in June 2024.