Australian Chats (Epthianuridae)
Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) - HBW 12, p. 625
French: Epthianure orangée
German: Goldstirn-Trugschmätzer
Spanish: Eptianuro Naranja
Other common names: Orange-breasted/Orange-fronted Chat, Orange-fronted Nun, Tang, Saltbush Canary
Taxonomy: Ephthianura aurifrons Gould, 1838, Gammon Plains, New South Wales, Australia.
Genus name often spelt erroneously as Ephthianura. Genus was in the past sometimes placed in thornbill family (Acanthizidae), and more recent analyses of DNA-DNA hybridization indicate that it belongs with the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae); further study required. Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia, mainly in interior, with few records from N tropics.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male walking and foraging on the ground and perched a few seconds on a bush. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 31 sec 3.3 -
Male on bush. Locality Lake Wyara, Currawinya National Park, Queensland, Australia
birdinggreynomads 15 September 2008 3 years ago 16 sec 2.3 -
A female perched on a bush, preening. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 25 sec 2
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Female perched on a bush
Locality Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 19 August 2011 33 weeks ago 3.8 -
Male perched on a bush
Locality Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 19 August 2011 33 weeks ago 3.3 -
Male
Locality Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 6 May 2008 1 year ago 2.9 -
Female Orange Chat perched on a saltbush
Locality Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 19 August 2011 22 weeks ago 2.9 -
Male Orange Chat perched on a saltbush
Locality Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 19 August 2011 22 weeks ago 2.7 -
Female
Locality Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 6 May 2008 1 year ago 2.2
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