Western quail-thrush

It typically resides in dry woodland shrub with low understory on a stony ground.

John Gould had previously noted the color variation of this western population and included these in an accompanying illustration.

[4] Systematic revisions in 2008 (Christidis & Boles) and the 1990s (Sibley & Monroe) recognised the taxon with subspecific status, Cinclosoma castaneothorax marginatum, and reinstated by authorities as a species in 2016 (del Hoyo and Collar).

It is smaller in size and slighter in build than Cinclosoma castanotum, which is found in other parts of Western Australia.

The feathers of the underparts of the tail are white with a brownish color towards the base, the black margins are most evident when the bird is in flight.

Both female and male western quail-thrushes vary from 21 to 25 centimeters in size and on average weigh 65 grams.

Western quail-thrushes build nests that resemble a green bowl of grass, connected with leaves and twigs.

As they forage and eat, western quail-thrushes hold their larger, previously found items under one foot as they peck their catch to dismember it.