Anyone got any ideas?
I couldn't pick a difference between them from my Simpson and Day.
Is the distinction of species a new one? As my (much older) Reader's Digest Complete Book of Aus Birds only shows one species, listed as White's thrush.
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this one is a Bassian Thrush, (couldn't see yours), so this might help you?
M-L
Damn, it- trying to get the photobucket posts to display as in-line images...
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
OK, got it to work - just needed to disable the rich text editor, and include it as an html link.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
I do think though they are two different birds, in my books the Bassian Thrush is called- Zoothera lunalata, and the Russet-tailed Thrush is called- Zoothera heinei. But as so many birds are now considered one and the same species, they might be all called Bassian Thrushes??
M-L
Thanks Tim, looks like a Bassian Thrush to me.
M-L
Thanks M-L
My S&D has the same names, but the Reader's Digest has it as White's thrush (Zoothera dauma).
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Morcombe certainly has them as 2 species. He has some useful notes to indicate the distinctions between them. The russet-tailed thrush has a more rufous general appearance than the Bassian thrush & this is more noticeable on the tail which is longer in the latter. The former also has a larger, more definitely white spot at the end of the outer tail feathers.