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title: "Australian Logrunner"
description: "Orthonyx temminckii — Uccelli. The Australian logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) is a species of bird that is endemic to eastern Australia where it uses unique foraging techniques and adaptations to search for its food on the floors of temperate, subtropical, or tropical moist lowland forests in south-eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/australian-logrunner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Australian Logrunner

> Orthonyx temminckii — Uccelli. The Australian logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) is a species of bird that is endemic to eastern Australia where it uses unique foraging techniques and adaptations to search for its food on the floors of temperate, subtropical, or tropical moist lowland forests in south-eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Orthonyx temminckii*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1339
- Wikidata: [Q901556](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901556)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13456](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13456)

## Names

- en: Australian Logrunner
- de: Stachelschwanzflöter
- es: Colaespina de Temminck
- fr: Orthonyx de Temminck
- nl: Stekelstaartstronkloper
- pl: Ziemnodrozd kolcosterny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1275)

## Summary

The Australian logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) is a species of bird that is endemic to eastern Australia where it uses unique foraging techniques and adaptations to search for its food on the floors of temperate, subtropical, or tropical moist lowland forests in south-eastern Australia. Until 2002, it was widely considered to be conspecific with the New Guinea logrunner, but studies showed the two differ significantly, both genetically and vocally.
It is known by a number of common names including spine-tailed logrunner, spine-tail, logrunner, scrub quail and chowcilla.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_logrunner

## Photo

![Australian Logrunner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-logrunner/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263440836

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australian-logrunner?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).