Chestnut-crowned Babbler: Nest

Chestnut-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps)

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:

Nest

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.

This species is classed as

NT (Near Threatened)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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