PASSERIFORMES: Orthonychidae

Orthonyx temminckii  

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)
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© Vik Dunis 2011
Lamington National Park, QLD (Mar, 2011)

It was late in the day, the sun was well down and conditions were almost night-like on the rainforest floor.

This Australian Logrunner was having his end-of-day bath in water pooled in a hollow in a tree root.

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Australian Logrunner (female)

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Immature male Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Female Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Male Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Female Australian Logrunner

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Juvenile Logrunner bath time

Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)

Australian Logrunner