AUSTRALIAN FERNWREN

Photo: C & D Frith
Wet Tropics Rainforest Life

ENDEMIC Tropical North QLD

AUSTRALIAN FERNWREN
Oreoscopus gutturalis 13 cm

·         The Fernwren is endemic to the Wet Tropics region.

·         It is restricted to upland rainforests, where it forages in moist leaf litter.

·     It produces very high-pitched whistling and scolding notes, yet it is difficult to see
       unless the observer is patient.

·     It feeds by turning over the forest litter and has been seen following larger birds to
       forage in patches already disturbed by them (eg. Orange-footed Scrubfowl). It has
       a fine tweezer-like bill to use when probing for animal food.

·     Its breeding season is from August to February. 

·     The solid domed nest is often placed against a tree trunk or small earth bank. It is 
        made from numerous rootlets and mosses. Two eggs are usually laid here, and
        both parents raise the young.

·      Round Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge , the closest Fernwrens are found at
        Lake Barrine.

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