Rufous Songlark

Cincloramphus mathewsi Iredale, 1911

Rufous Songlark, Cincloramphus mathewsi, is a passerine bird of the family Locustellidae that breeds in Australia, mainly in the south, and moves to central Australia outside the breeding season. It was described by Iredale in 1911. The bird is found across mainland Australia, though it is absent from the far north and Tasmania. It is a medium brown songbird with streaking, a dark line through the eye, a pale eyebrow, pale underparts, and a rufous upper tail and rump.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies

Breeding range

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

Nonbreeding range

to c Australia