Orthonychidae - Logrunners, Chowchillas, Melampittas

The chowchilla is brown on its uppersides. Males are white on their undersides, and females have a rusty colored throat and a white belly. The logrunner is gray and brown. Males have a white throat and females have a rusty colored throat. Both the logrunner and the chowchilla are found in forests and usually live in male/female pairs.

World Status Key
Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in Wild Extinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.

US Status Key
Threatened in US Threatened in NH Endangered in US Endangered in NH Introduced
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game

Other Species Around the World
Africa Asia Australia/Oceania Europe North America South America NH
Ifrit - Ifrita kowaldi Greater Melampitta - Melampitta gigantea Lesser Melampitta - Melampitta lugubris		New Guinea Logrunner - Orthonyx novaeguineae Chowchilla - Orthonyx spaldingii Logrunner - Orthonyx temminckii

Additional Information

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Chowchilla - Orthonyx spaldingii
The chowchilla beak isfound in Australia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School

Lesser Melampitta - Melampitta lugubris
The lesser melampitta is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School

Logrunner - Orthonyx temminckii
The logrunner is found in Australia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School