Thrushes (Turdidae)
Russet-tailed Thrush (Zoothera heinei) - HBW 10, p. 694
French: Grive de Heine
German: Heineerddrossel
Spanish: Zorzal de Heine
Other common names: Papuan Olive-tailed Thrush (papuensis)
Taxonomy: Oreocincla Heinei Cabanis, 1850, Japan; error = Queensland, north Australia.
Belongs in a group, possibly a superspecies, which also contains Z. dauma, Z. imbricata, Z. lunulata, Z. machiki, Z. talaseae, Z. margaretae, Z. turipavae, Z. monticola and Z. marginata, perhaps including also Z. mollissima and Z. dixoni. In the past was treated as a race of Z. dauma. Has also been considered conspecific with Z. lunulata, but in Australia the two occur sympatrically without interbreeding, and also differ in song and egg colour; supposed intergrades probably immature Z. lunulata. .. View all taxonomy...
Belongs in a group, possibly a superspecies, which also contains Z. dauma, Z. imbricata, Z. lunulata, Z. machiki, Z. talaseae, Z. margaretae, Z. turipavae, Z. monticola and Z. marginata, perhaps including also Z. mollissima and Z. dixoni. In the past was treated as a race of Z. dauma. Has also been considered conspecific with Z. lunulata, but in Australia the two occur sympatrically without interbreeding, and also differ in song and egg colour; supposed intergrades probably immature Z. lunulata. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- papuensis (Seebohm, 1881) - WC to SE New Guinea.
- eichhorni (Rothschild & Hartert, 1924) - Mussau, in St Matthias Group (Bismarck Archipelago).
- choiseuli (Hartert, 1924) - Choiseul, in Solomon Is.
- heinei (Cabanis, 1850) - E (possibly also NE) Queensland and NE New South Wales, in E Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Pair at nest feeding young near entrance to Maiala NP Locality Mount Glorious, Queensland, Australia (ssp heinei)
Tom Tarrant 27 December 2011 6 weeks ago 21 sec 4.2 -
A bird on the ground, foraging Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 28 October 2006 4 years ago 36 sec 3.6
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Russet-tailed Thrush, Lamington NP, Queensland, Australia.
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Mark Andrews 6 February 2007 2 years ago 2.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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