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Zoothera lunulata
The Bassian Thrush is a secretive bird. Its plumage is mottled brown to olive-brown, heavily scalloped with black crescent-shaped bars on the back, rump and head. The paler underparts all have brown-black scalloping. It has a white eye-ring. In flight the Bassian Thrush shows a broad dark diagonal bar across the white underside of its wing. This species has also been referred to as White's Thrush, Ground Thrush, and Scaly Thrush.
Spends much time on the ground, typically running a few paces, then pausing to locate food. We followed this bird along the walking track for about 200m before it flew off.
Spotted on Apr 26, 2013
Submitted on Apr 28, 2013
5 Comments
Nice spot. It's extremely well camouflaged.
Thanks. This was the first one I had ever seen. And then I saw another one the next day, but it was much too fast and dark to get a pic. Think I was lucky with this one.
Nice series Rachael
Nice pictures.. It's very similar like Scally Thrush ( Zoothera dauma )
I am about to post a pic of a thrush too, but it's not as good as yours - it was taken through our windscreen! It was very exciting though, I hadn't seen one before - apparently they're quite secretive.