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Bower's Shrike-thrushes are small shrike-thrushes. Their morphology is dimorphic, i.e. males and females are slightly different. Males have a dark-grey head with light-grey chin and throat with light grey striation. The upperparts are also dark-grey, with rufous edge-lining on the wing feathers. The underparts, from the chest downward to the undertail coverts, are cinnamon to rufous. Males also have a heavy black bill. Females have rufous lores and eye-rings. Their upperparts are slightly less dark and the bill is also less dark and massive than the males'. The irises of both sexes are brown. The legs and feet are dark-grey. Juvenile birds resemble females, with more rufous on their upperparts and more streaking down the front. Immature birds retain their rufous wing coverts, but otherwise resemble females more closely.

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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 Bower's Shrikethrush is available HERE .

Bower's Shrike-thrushes are endemic to tropical north-eastern Australia. Their range is restricted, encompassing the Atherton Tablelands in far-northern QLD and an area between Airlie Beach and Mackay, QLD.

Bower's Shrike-thrushes are a relictural species trapped in highland rainforest, typically above 400 m. Only during winter they may descend to lower altitudes.

M. Eaton reports spotting a Bower's Shrike-thrush at Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, in November 2018, and again in August 2023. Another was found at Paluma Rainforest, to the North of Townsville, QLD, in September 2020. M. Eaton also spotted Bower's Shrike-thrush at Atherton, QLD, in June 2024.

B. Hensen found a Bower's Shrike-thrush at Iron Range NP, QLD, in December 2018.

J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours reports finding a Bower's Shrike-thrush at Lake Barrine, Atherton Tablelands, QLD, in October 2020.