Orthonychidae

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Orthonychidae is a small family of Australasian birds known as logrunners, characterized by their ground-dwelling habits and strong legs adapted for scratching through leaf litter.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Orthonychidae canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
activityPattern diurnal ⓘ
behavior ground-dwelling ⓘ
leaf-litter foraging ⓘ
camouflage cryptic plumage ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName logrunners ⓘ
conservationStatus varies by species ⓘ
diet insectivorous ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ
distribution Australasia ⓘ
linked to: Asia-Pacific

Australia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
ecologicalRole leaf-litter invertebrate predator ⓘ
soil and litter disturber ⓘ
etymology name derived from Greek for "straight claw" ⓘ
flightAbility relatively weak fliers ⓘ
foragingStrategy scratching through leaf litter ⓘ
habitat forest floor ⓘ
rainforest ⓘ
wet sclerophyll forest ⓘ
includesGenus Amalocichla ⓘ
Orthonyx ⓘ
includesSpecies Amalocichla incerta ⓘ
linked to: Amalocichla

Amalocichla sclateriana ⓘ
linked to: Amalocichla

Orthonyx novaeguineae ⓘ
linked to: Orthonyx

Orthonyx spaldingii ⓘ
linked to: Orthonyx

Orthonyx temminckii ⓘ
linked to: Orthonyx
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion primarily terrestrial ⓘ
morphologicalCharacteristic short rounded wings ⓘ
stout body ⓘ
strong legs ⓘ
namedBy Hugh Edwin Strickland ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproductiveBehavior builds cup-shaped nests ⓘ
lays small clutches of eggs ⓘ
socialStructure often territorial ⓘ
suborder Passeri ⓘ
superfamily Orthonychoidea ⓘ
taxonomicHistory has been variably placed near Cinclosomatidae ⓘ
has been variably placed near Eupetidae ⓘ
vocalization loud calls ⓘ
yearDescribed 1844 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meliphagoidea → containsTaxon → Orthonychidae ⓘ
Pomatostomidae → relatedTo → Orthonychidae ⓘ