scrubbird

Related to scrubbird: lyrebird

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scrubbird - small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub

passeriform bird, passerine - perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless

Atrichornis, genus Atrichornis - type genus of the Atrichornithidae

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However, as the chapter titled 'The First Song' indicates, Australia also has some fine songsters, especially the lyrebirds which, along with the scrubbirds, are of ancient origin.