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orange chat
The orange chat (''Epthianura aurifrons'') is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family.
It is endemic to Australia.
==Description==
The orange chat (Epthianura aurifrons)〔 is endemic to Australia.〔Fraser, Ian & Gray, Jeannie (2013). ''Australian Bird names'', CSIRO Publishing, Victoria. ISBN 9780643104693.〕 Orange chats are usually 10–12 cm in length, 10-12 grams in weight and have an average wingspan of 19 cm. The orange chat is a small ground songbird with relatively long, broad and rounded wings and a short square ended tail.〔"Honeyeaters and Australian Chats."Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. 1st ed. 2003.〕 The orange chat is potbellied in shape with long thin legs, a short slender straight bill and a brush-tipped tongue. Male feathers are a deep, warm, cadmium yellow with orange overtone, the colour is strongest on the crown and breast.〔Ford, Hugh Alastair, PhD. "Australian Chats (Epthianuridae)." Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. Eds. Michael Hutchins, Dennis A. Thoney, and Melissa C. McDade. Vol. 11: Birds IV. 2nd ed. New York: Gale, 2004. 65-68. 17 vols.〕 Males' lores and throat are black, their rump is a golden orange with a tail finely tipped with white. Female chats are mottled in grey brown with underparts being a softer fawny yellow.〔Simpson, Ken & Day, Nicholas (1984). ''Field Guide to the Birds of Australia'', p. 280. Penguin Books, Victoria. ISBN 9780670072316.〕 Orange chats do not have any seasonal differences in plumage.〔Higgins, P. J. ed. (2001). ''Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 5:Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats''. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.〕
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