PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Zoothera heinei  

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)
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© Geoff Walker 2009
Mount Glorious, QLD (Nov, 2009)

The differences between Bassian Thrushes and Russet-tailed Thrushes are so small that it is very hard to tell which is which.

This is taken in an area that has both and I am not really sure which one this is.

Bushpea thanks Dezmond Wells, Eremaea eBird moderator, for assistance with this identification.

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Mum feeding the chick

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Russet-tailed Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Russet-tailed Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Russet-tailed Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Russet-tailed Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Russet-tailed Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Russet-tailed Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Russet-tailed Thrush

Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei)

Russet-tailed Thrush