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Northern Scrub-robin (Drymodes superciliaris) Size: 21-22 cm Weight: 42-46 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description 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.

Taxonomy, classification See Northern Scrub-robin at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range 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.

Sightings Click here for sighting information B. Hensen reports spotting a Northern Scrub-robin at Iron Range NP, QLD, in December 2018. All sighting and photographic information presented on this page has been kindly contributed by B. Hensen.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Northern Scrub-robin on a fallen log (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, QLD, December 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a Northern Scrub-robin on leaf litter; note the drooping wings (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, QLD, December 2018]

Dorsal view of a Northern Scrub-robin on leaf litter (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Iron Range NP, QLD, December 2018]

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