Thrushes (Turdidae)
Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata) - HBW 10, p. 694
French: Grive à lunules
German: Tasmanerddrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Lunado
Other common names: Olive-tailed Thrush, Australian/Spot-winged Thrush
Taxonomy: Turdus lunulata Latham, 1801, Sydney, Australia.
Belongs in a group, possibly a superspecies, which also contains Z. dauma, Z. imbricata, Z. heinei, Z. machiki, Z. talaseae, Z. margaretae, Z. turipavae, Z. monticola and Z. marginata, perhaps including also Z. mollissima and Z. dixoni. Formerly treated as a race of Z. dauma; very similar in plumage and egg colour, but different in tail-tip pattern; wide geographical separation, with intervening related species (Z. heinei, Z. machiki), tends to support species status, but detailed evaluation of e.. View all taxonomy...
Belongs in a group, possibly a superspecies, which also contains Z. dauma, Z. imbricata, Z. heinei, Z. machiki, Z. talaseae, Z. margaretae, Z. turipavae, Z. monticola and Z. marginata, perhaps including also Z. mollissima and Z. dixoni. Formerly treated as a race of Z. dauma; very similar in plumage and egg colour, but different in tail-tip pattern; wide geographical separation, with intervening related species (Z. heinei, Z. machiki), tends to support species status, but detailed evaluation of evidence needed, and present treatment provisional. Has been though to include Z. heinei as a small race, but the two recently shown to be sympatric without interbreeding, and songs somewhat different. Isolated race cuneata structurally rather distinct, and speculated as representing a different species. Described race macrorhyncha (from Tasmania) synonymized with nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cuneata (De Vis, 1890) - NE Australia (NE Queensland).
- lunulata (Latham, 1801) - SE Australia, Tasmania, and islands in Bass Strait (King I, Flinders I).
- halmaturina (A. G. Campbell, 1906) - SE South Australia, in Mt Lofty Range, Telowie Gorge Conservation Park and Wittaburra Forest, and on Kangaroo I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird looking for food on the ground Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp lunulata)
Eldert Groenewoud 17 July 2007 3 years ago 23 sec 4.8 -
A bird possibly tending a nest Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp lunulata)
Keith Blomerley 12 November 2003 4 years ago 30 sec 3.8
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Foraging in a roadside drain
Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 22 July 2009 38 weeks ago 3.6 -
on the ground, in the forest
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp cuneata)
Georges Olioso 28 September 2007 2 years ago 3
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