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BASSIAN THRUSH FACTS |
Description
A medium-sized bird with grey brown or copper brown body. The Bassian Thrush has a white ring around the eye and black bars on the back. Feathers of breast, throat and flanks are edged in black scallops. Dark brown eye. Female slightly smaller than the male. Pale wing bars in flight. Body 29 cm.
Non migratory bird. Nest consists of an untidy cup of shredded bark, rootlets and grass usually placed in the vertical fork of a trees and decorated with moss and lichens. Lays 2-3 eggs. Mostly silent, but does occasionally utter a 'seep' for contact. Male sings two clear descending whistles in winter. Runs with head low.
Author credit: Nicole Zehntner / Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
Habitat
Rainforest floors, wet forests and damp gullies.
Food
Omnivore
Range
Southern Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Turdidae | | Genus: | Zoothera | | Species: | lunulata | | Common Name: | Bassian Thrush |
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