Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Orthonychidae
Genus: Orthonyx
Species: O. temminckii
Binomial name
Orthonyx temminckii
Ranzani, 1822

The Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) is a species of bird in the Orthonychidae family. It is endemic to eastern Australia. Until recently, it was widely considered conspecific with the New Guinea Logrunner, but the two differ significantly.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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