Atrichornis rufescens
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The rufous scrubbird (Atrichornis rufescens) is a species of bird in the family Atrichornithidae. It is endemic to eastern Australia. One of two species of Atrichornis, known as scrubbirds, the only extant populations of the Atrichornithidae family; the noisy scrubbird Atrichornis clamosus is restricted to a small population in western Australia.
Two subspecies are recognized: the nominate Atrichornis rufescens rufescens, and A. rufescens ferrieri. The description of a new species by Edward Pierson Ramsay, Atrichia rufescens, was published in 1867 in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1866). Ramsay purchased two male specimens from T. MacGillivray and compared them with a previously described species from the southwest of Australia. The collector J. F. Wilcox shot these specimens in dense vegetation along the edge of Bowling Creek, near the Richmond River in New South Wales, noting the great difficulty in obtaining them. The epithet rufescens was proposed for the rufous tint of the plumage that distinguished it from the western scrubbird, named by John Gould as Atrichia clamosa.
Both sexes are brown with a rufous breast and a lightly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous Scrub-bird sighting in Lamington National Park on a given day, based on 147 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 80th most-seen of the 171 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous Scrub-bird in Lamington National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous Scrub-bird sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lamington National Park, in our data
Lamington National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous Scrub-bird sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Rufous Scrub-bird that you can see in Lamington National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Lewin's Honeyeater (about 90%), Eastern Whipbird (about 90%) and Eastern Yellow Robin (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous Scrub-bird is recorded against all the birds logged in Lamington National Park (147 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
