- Passeriformes
- Cinclosomatidae
Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
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Identification
Heavily patterned terrestrial bird of central Australia. Both sexes have pale eyebrow, pale brown back, speckled undertail, and black-and-white markings on wing. Female has buff chin and moustache, white belly, and pale gray chest, male a white moustache, black throat patch, pale brown sides, and white center of chest, with thin black breast band above white belly. Usually seen walking around in open shrubland in stony country. Note that male Copperback Quail-thrush has black chest, and Nullarbor Quail-thrush has solid black chest band connected to the throat patch. Calls include a long, high-pitched whistled "seeeep."