Chowchilla
Endemic to the tropical rainforests
of north-eastern Queensland
...thrush-like, ground-dweller.
Orthonyx spaldingii
(L 10.2-11.0")
Mount Lewis
22Oct2015
flash photo
Chowchilla
- city in Madera County, California.
- Pop: 18,720
- location of the Central California Women’s Prison
and the Valley State Prison.
- the name is derived from the indigenous American
tribe of Chaushila.
- name evidently translates as “murderers” and is
apparently a reference to the warlike nature of
the Chaushila tribe.
(Wikipedia)
© Marc
Anderson
xeno-canto
Macaulay
Library
Orthonyx is Greek for
straight claw.
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