Anthea,
The Ground-thrush on Tamborine Mountain most likely would have been a
Russet-tailed. I lived on Tamborine Mountain for 22 years and never recorded
the Bassian there. The Russet-tailed was fairly rare on Tamborine during my
time there, appearing during the cooler months in very small numbers in some
years. The Bassian in SE Qld is a high altitude species. You really don't
find it until you get to the altitude of O'Reilly's and above (about 850
metres ). Below that you get the Russet-tailed. Tamborine is about 500
metres altitude (from memory).
Lloyd Nielsen,
PO Box 55,
Mt Molloy Nth Qld
Brian Fleming wrote:
> On Sunday 8th September, c.3.30 pm, we visited the Tamborine Mountain
> Botanic Gardens.
> In a clump of palms next to the 'lake' I found a Zoothera thrush
> scratching about in fallen fronds and other litter. I believe it to have
> been immature because the white spots on the upper wing-coverts were
> more buff than white. The tail seemed rather short to me.
> I have been familiar with Bassian Ground-Thrush since my teenage days,
> but I don't know if the Tamborine bird should be a Bassian Ground-Thrush
> Z. lunulata or a Russet Ground-thrush Z.heinei.
> I would be grateful for advice from those who know the area.
> At these gardens we also saw and heard Satin Bowerbirds, and a
> Brush-Turkey tending a nest-mound. Pity about the domestic Muscovy and
> Mallard-cross ducks though.
>
> Anthea Fleming in Ivanhoe (Vic.)
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