"Unlike most songbirds, quail-thrushes are mainly terrestrial, walking unobtrusively across the forest floor, and rarely bothering to fly. Of all the many charismatic birds I saw on my whistlestop tour of South Australia, this was by far the most memorable. And well worth delaying breakfast for."
A bird call in the distance delayed breakfast in the Mallee forest near Lake Gilles, about five hours northwest of Adelaide. The call was detected at head height and close by, leading to quiet movement through the forest and repeated listening. A large, plump copperback quail-thrush appeared beneath a bush and walked purposefully toward the observers. The species is endemic to South and Western Australia and was recently separated from the chestnut quail-thrush, which was seen the next day. Quail-thrushes are neither quails nor thrushes, and their family occurs only in New Guinea and Australia. The copperback quail-thrush has striking white facial markings, a black throat, and a copper-colored back. It is mainly terrestrial, walking across the forest floor and rarely flying.
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