The chowchilla is a passerine bird in the family Orthonychidae. It is endemic to Australia. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Ramsay, EP 1868
Reference:
Sydney Morning Herald
Protonym:
Orthonix spaldingii
Type locality:
northeastern coast of Australia.
Avibase ID:
A738F49ACA7421F9
Avibase ID:
avibase-A738F49A
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A738F49A
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561722
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Orthonyx de Spalding ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Orthonyx de Spalding ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Black-headed Logrunner ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Black-headed Logrunner ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Spalding's Logrunner ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Spalding's Logrunner ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Orthonyx spaldingii [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Orthonyx spaldingii [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Orthonyx spaldingii [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Chowchilla ( Orthonyx spaldingii) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Orthonyx spaldingii [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Orthonyx spaldingii [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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