Tag: Turdus_merula

  • The Mt Glorious ‘Thrush’ debate

      Recently an interesting debate has arisen amongst local birders in South-east Queensland. Along the Great Dividing Range of Australia from Far-north Queensland to South-west Victoria two species of ‘Zoothera’ thrush can be found, the Russet-tailed (Zoothera heinei) and Bassian (Zoothera lunulata). Both seem to be present in dense forest but often at different altitudes.…