Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Turdidae > Zoothera > Zoothera lunulataZoothera lunulata (Bassian Thrush)Synonyms: Turdus lunulatus (homotypic) The Bassian thrush (Zoothera lunulata), also known as the olive-tailed thrush, is a medium-sized mostly insectivorous thrush found predominantly in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. The thrushes range from 27 to 29 cm (10.5 to 11.5 in) in length and average 100 g (3.5 oz). It is estimated that the rangewide population is large, though no official count has ever been established. The Bassian thrush lives in shrubland, forests, and rainforests. It is non-migratory. Though affected by human destruction of its natural habitats, its range is so large that the impact is negligible. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.52496 EDGE Score: 1.87564 |
Adult Weight [1] | 146 grams | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | Diet - Fruit [2] | 10 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 90 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 11 inches (27 cm) |
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Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Australian Alps montane grasslands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Brigalow tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Australian temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Einasleigh upland savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eyre and York mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mount Lofty woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Naracoorte woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Queensland tropical rain forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Solomon Islands rain forests |
Solomon Islands |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southeast Australia temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Southeast Australia temperate savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Tasmanian Central Highland forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Tasmanian temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Tasmanian temperate rain forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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