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Cinnamon Quail-thrush

(Cinclosoma cinnamomeum)
Alternate name(s): "Cinnamon Ground-bird", "Cinnamon Ground-thrush";
Note: Includes "Nullarbor Quail-thrush" (formerly called "Black-breasted Ground-bird")
Aboriginal name(s): "melga"

Size: 17-24 cm
Weight: up to 50 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Cinnamon Quail-thrush at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "tiariensis"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

Near-frontal view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

Near-lateral view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

Near-lateral view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

Lateral view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

Close-up lateral view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

Near-dorsal view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Eyre South Lookout, 50 km W of Marree, SA, June 2022]

Near-dorsal view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Birdsville Track, SA, August 2022]

Near-dorsal view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush looking away from the observer (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Eyre South Lookout, 50 km W of Marree, SA, June 2022]

FEMALE

Near-lateral view of a female Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

Lateral view of a foraging female Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Birdsville Track, 140 km N of Lyndhurst, SA, June 2022]

Lateral view of a female Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

Dorsal view of a female Cinnamon Quail-thrush looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

Dorsal view of a female Cinnamon Quail-thrush (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Birdsville, QLD, July 2021]

PAIR

Near-dorsal view of a pair of Cinnamon Quail-thrushes (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Birdsville Track, SA, August 2022]

Near-lateral view of a male Cinnamon Quail-thrush, with a female in the background (photo courtesy of R. Brinsley)
[Lake Eyre NP, SA, April 2019]

Frontal view of a pair of Cinnamon Quail-thrushes - female on the left, male on the right (photo courtesy of R. Brinsley)
[Lake Eyre NP, SA, April 2019]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

cinqthr_me_20220918.mp3 tiariensis
(NE SA)
Territorial calls (male)? © ME
cinqthr_me_20220918_2.mp3 tiariensis
(NE SA)
Pair Q&A © ME

More Cinnamon Quail-thrush sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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