Atrichornithidae

Atrichornithidae, the scrubbirds, is a small family of Australian passerine birds containing two species in the single genus Atrichornis: the rufous scrubbird of northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland, and the noisy scrubbird, found only east of Albany in Western Australia. Both are shy, secretive, ground-dwelling birds about 20 centimeters long, cryptically colored in drab browns and blacks and adept at scuttling mouse-like through cover rather than flying, which they do poorly. Despite their weak flight, males produce remarkably loud, ringing, metallic calls with a ventriloquial quality. The noisy scrubbird is a conservation success story, recovering from as few as 40 to 45 known birds in 1962 to roughly 1,200 by 2002 through dedicated recovery efforts. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/