Rufous Scrubbird

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Ferruginous thicket bird

The Ferruginous thicket of birds ( Atrichornis rufescens ), also called Little thicket panties, is a bird of the order Passeriformes. He is based in Australia and one of the rarest birds on earth.

Appearance

The 16 to 21 inches wide and 30 -gram bird has a brown back, tail feathers, the belly is light brown front, rear orange. The white colored throat. To the bears of the bird over the entire body elongated, black stripes. The upper part of the beak is black, the lower is brighter. The tail is broad, and the legs are strongly developed. The males are slightly larger than females and have a darker patch on the throat and chest.

Way of life

Although these birds can fly well, they spend most of their time on the ground in dense undergrowth in search of small insects and other invertebrates. The birds have a very loud, squeaky voice and imitate many sounds of their environment. The males give loud, to the chatter reminiscent noises. The maximum age of the birds is approximately 9 years. The birds are site- faithful and defend their territory vigorously against foreign counterparts.

Dissemination

These birds are found only in a very small area in the north-east of New South Wales and southeast Queensland. There they inhabit the temperate rain and eucalyptus forests in the vicinity of water.

Reproduction

The spherical nest on the ground, with side entrance, build the birds from wood fibers, which they processed cardboard to one species. In it, the female lays only a gray- yellow to reddish brown egg with brown spots. Incubation period is 36-38 days, the nestling period is unknown. The breeding season is in the spring or early summer.

Endangering

Already in the years 1842 to 1889 this species was so rare that it was thought they became extinct in 1889. In 1961 copies and nests this type have been secured in the vicinity of Albany then again. The main reason for the rarity of these birds, the loss is one of habitat through the construction of roads and human settlements and natural fire. To protect the species more protection areas have been established in their habitat and it runs a monitoring and surveillance program.

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Source

  • Philip Whitfield (ed.): The great empire of the animals. Publisher: Planet Media AG, train 1992 (p. 178, 179, 301) clearly. Translation from English ISBN 3-8247-8614-1
  • Goetz Rheinwald: Atlas of the bird world. Publisher: Unipart VERLAG GmbH Remseck near Stuttgart, 1994 Page: 187 deut.Übersetzung from English ISBN 3-8122-3399-1
  • William Self: Encyclopedia of Animals. Volume 2 Publisher: Weltbild Augsburg 1991 Page: 355 ISBN 3-89350-361-7
  • Milos Andera, German. Translation of Günter Brehmer Endangered Animals Publisher: Wenger Dausien, Hanau 1998 Page: 131 ISBN 3-7684-2800-1
  • Dr. Christopher Perrins: The Great Encyclopedia of Birds. Publisher: ORBIS PUBLISHING, Munich 1996 Page: 238.241 ISBN 3-572-00810-7
  • Dr. Christopher Perrins: (ed. ): The Encyclopedia BLV birds of the world. Publisher: BLV Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Munich-Vienna - Zurich, 2004 Page: 456, 457 ISBN 3-405-16682-9
  • Joseph Forshaw Encyclopedia of wildlife birds: ORBIS Verlag, Hamburg 2003 Page: 169.170 German. Translation from English ISBN 3- 572-01378 -X
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