Alternative name: Olive-tailed Thrush
- Zoothera lunulata
Identification
27–29 cm (10½-11½ in)
- Dark olive-brown upperparts with black scaling
- Whitish throat
- Whitish underpart heavily scaled with black
- White eyering
Similar Species
The sympatric Russet-tailed Thrush is very similar but differs in having more white in tail corners and different pattern in the median coverts[3].
Distribution
Tasmania and eastern Australia east of Great Dividing Range from northern Queensland and southern Queensland to Victoria and in south eastern South Australia.
Taxonomy
This species has in the past been included in White's Thrush
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized[1]:
- Z.l. cuneata:
- Montane north-eastern Queensland (Windsor and Atherton Tablelands)
- Z.l. lunulata:
- Z.l. halmaturina:
- South Australia (Mount Lofty and Flinders Ranges; Kangaroo Island)
Habitat
Shrubland, cool damp forests, and rainforests; in winter more dispersed and also found more open lowland areas.
Behaviour
Diet
Its diet consists of earthworms, insects, molluscs, as well as fallen fruit.
Breeding
They construct a rounded cup nest from bark strips, leaves and grass. Camouflaged with moss on the outer wall.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Pizzey, G and F Knight. 1997. Field Guide to Birds of Australia. London: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0207196911
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
- Thread in the BirdForum id section discussing ID of this species, see especially post #5
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bassian Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bassian_Thrush
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
