The calls are distinctive with Bassian having a drawn out blackbird-like
song. The black edging to the rump feathers are as thick as those on the
back whereas in the Russet-tailed they are thinner. Bassian is more olive
brown while Russet-tailed is richer brown. Russet has a larger patch of
white on the outer tail feathers, Bassian has only a small white area not
easily seen in the field.
I will send you some photos of hand held Russet-tailed Thrushes and a
Bassian Thrush via a separate emails.
Regards
Greg
Dr Greg,. P. Clancy
Ecologist and Wildlife Guide
Coutts Crossing NSW 2460
0266493153 0429601960
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Clark
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:57 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Bassian and Russet-tailed Thrush at Dorrigo NP
G'day all
I'm in Dorrigo tonight and planning to spend all day tomorrow looking
for Paradise Riflebird. In the meantime I saw several Thrushes around
the national park office at stumps tonight. In fact I picked one up
from the lawn. It was probably stunned after hitting a window so we
left it to recover (or not). Lovely to hold one and have a good look.
The thing is the ranger tells me both are there but he couldn't pick
them. What should I look for?
Cheers
Steve
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