Australasian Birds

Orthonyctidae : Logrunners

Chowchilla

Orthonyx spaldingii

male - Queensland, Australia -September 2016

Chowchilla is endemic to the mountain rainforests of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia where it skulks around in the leaf litter of the dark forest floor. It can be quite elusive at times and is best located by its ear-splittlingly loud call.

female - Queensland, Australia -September 2016

female - Queensland, Australia -November 2015