Orthonyx temminckii
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The Australian logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) is a species of bird that is endemic to eastern Australia where it uses unique foraging techniques and adaptations to search for its food on the floors of temperate, subtropical, or tropical moist lowland forests in south-eastern Australia. Until 2002, it was widely considered to be conspecific with the New Guinea logrunner, but studies showed the two differ significantly, both genetically and vocally.
It is known by a number of common names including spine-tailed logrunner, spine-tail, logrunner, scrub quail and chowcilla. The Australian logrunner is a Passeriform in the family Orthonychidae. It is one of only three species within the Orthonyx genus; the other two are the chowcilla (Orthonyx spaldingii) from northern Queensland and the New Guinean logrunner (Orthonyx novaeguineae) from Papua New Guinea.
Logrunners as a group are characterised by their distinctive tail feathers where the rachis (or central shafts) of the tail feathers protrude and are stiffened. The broad tail of the bird is less than four inches (10 cm) in length and the strong protruding rachis at the ends of the tail feathers are almost... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Logrunner sighting in Royal National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 147th most-seen of the 178 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Logrunner in Royal National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Australian Logrunner sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Australian Logrunner sightings, Royal National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Lamington National Park (Australia, about 70%) and Springbrook National Park (Australia, about 30%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Australian Logrunner that you can see in Royal National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Australian Raven (about 70%), Lewin's Honeyeater (about 60%) and Pied Currawong (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Australian Logrunner is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal National Park (16 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.
