![]() | Chestnut-crowned Babbler Startled | Chestnut-crowned Babbler Fighting | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | ||||
Order: | Perching Birds (Passeriformes) | ||||
Family: | Australasian Babbler (Pomatostomidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Chestnut-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Back (being silly)🔎 | ||||
Thank you Petra Hanke for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Very similar to the more common white-browed babbler. Easy to miss-identify. However the white lines on the back guarantee Chestnut-crowned vs White-browed. Both have white tips on their tails making them look like fan-tails when they fly. Generally run, skip and hop along the ground. A sentry sits up in a nearby bush to warn those on the ground of danger. | |||||
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