Male © Daniel López-Velasco | Ornis Birding Expeditions eBird S65722166 Macaulay Library ML 215038421
Female © Stephan Lorenz
Male © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Female © Nigel Voaden
Male © Doug Gochfeld

Papuan Logrunner Orthonyx novaeguineae

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Identification

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A medium-sized, ground-dwelling bird of mossy montane forest. Brown streaked back, gray and buff wing bars, and gray face, extending down the sides of the chest. Male has a white throat and chest whereas in the female it is orange, both edged with a black line. Very skulking and hard to see. Forages by scratching the leaf-litter. Not really similar to any other ground-dwelling birds in the mountains. More often heard than see. Song is a very distinctive, descending series of clear, penetrating, whistled notes which sound slightly out of tune.

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