Wrybills have monogamous bonds with their mates and will return to the same territory each year to breed again, if their mate does not return, the bird will move territories.
Nesting territories are strongly defended, these can be anywhere between 1 and 11 hectares in size, with an average size of 5 hectares.
They show strong philopatry to their territories, and young birds show strong philopatric tendencies towards breeding close to where they were hatched.
Many breeding pairs will lay two clutches in a breeding season, especially if the first clutch was destroyed by flooding or predators.

Nesting sites are shallow scrapes in areas of large stones or sand.
The clutch size is two eggs, which are incubated by both parents (but more so by the female) for 30 to 36 days.
The chicks have downy feathers on hatching, grey-to off white above and white underneath.
Both parents attend to the chicks, which fledge after around 35 days and are immediately independent after this.
Young birds start breeding when they are two years old.
Wrybills have monogamous bonds with their mates and will return to the same territory each year to breed again, if their mate does not return, the bird will move territories. Nesting territories are strongly defended, these can be anywhere between 1 and 11 hectares in size, with an average size of 5 hectares. They show strong philopatry to their territories, and young birds show strong philopatric tendencies towards breeding close to where they were hatched. Many breeding pairs will lay two clutches in a breeding season, especially if the first clutch was destroyed by flooding or predators.
Nesting sites are shallow scrapes in areas of large stones or sand. The clutch size is two eggs, which are incubated by both parents (but more so by the female) for 30 to 36 days. The chicks have downy feathers on hatching, grey-to off white above and white underneath. Both parents attend to the chicks, which fledge after around 35 days and are immediately independent after this. Young birds start breeding when they are two years old.
Wrybill