Brown Songlark

Cincloramphus cruralis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

Brown Songlark, Cincloramphus cruralis, is a passerine of Australia, breeding mainly in the south and ranging across most of the country apart from the far north and Tasmania, with movement into central Australia outside the breeding season. It belongs to the Locustellidae. The species is marked by extreme size difference between the sexes, with the male much larger than the female. Its plumage is plain and brown overall, with the female browner above and paler below, while the male is darker. It is associated with open pastures and grassy scrub.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies

Breeding range

Australasia: Australia (except far n and Tasmania), breeding mostly in s

Nonbreeding range

to c Australia