Russet-tailed Thrush
Photo · John Robert McPherson

BirdUp · Species

Russet-tailed Thrush

Zoothera heinei(Cabanis, 1851)

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Turdidae
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The russet-tailed thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, closely related to the more widespread Bassian thrush. It is found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
New Guinea to St. Matthias (north-central Bismarck Arch.), Choiseul (north-central Solomon Is.) and east-central Australia

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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