Scrubbird

Chestnut-bellied Thicket Bird ( Atrichornis clamosus )

The thicket birds ( Atrichornis ) are a genus of soil- shy birds in the order of perching birds ( Passeriformes ). Her family, the Atrichornitidae is mono generic, ie it includes only the thicket birds as the only genus and is therefore also called the German-speaking thicket birds. Its members include two species, the Ferruginous thicket of birds ( Atrichornis rufescens ) and the Chestnut-bellied Thicket Bird ( Atrichornis clamosus ). Both are very rare and have a small distribution area in Australia; one of the two species was long thought to be extinct before it was rediscovered in 1961.

The thicket birds are a very old family, which is most closely related to the lyre tails as well as the leaves and the birds Baumrutschern.

The two types are about star large (about 20 cm) with normal brown and black plumage. The Ferruginous thicket bird lives in the rain forests in the coastal border between New South Wales and Queensland, the Chestnut-bellied thicket of birds in a small area in the bush in the south of Western Australia. They are bad flyers who live mainly in the undergrowth and scrub.

The males have a very loud and audible over long distances reputation. The females build nests arched near the ground and take care of alone to raise their young.

Species

• Ferruginous thicket of birds ( Atrichornis rufescens )
• Chestnut-bellied Thicket Bird ( Atrichornis clamosus )