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Bassian Thrush

Zoothera lunulata (Latham, J 1801)

The Bassian thrush, also known as the olive-tailed thrush, is a medium-sized mostly insectivorous thrush found from northern Queensland to southeastern Australia; it also occurs in Tasmania, on some larger islands of Bass Strait, and on Kangaroo Island. The thrushes range from 27 to 29 cm in length and average 100 g (3.5 oz). Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Turdidae
Genus:
   Zoothera
Scientific:
  Zoothera lunulata


Original description

Citation:
  (Latham, J 1801)

Reference:
   Suppl. Indicis Orn.

Protonym:
  Turdus lunulata

Type locality:
  Nova Hollandia ; restricted to Sydney by Mathews, 1920, Birds Australia, suppl. 1, check-list, p. 147.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/313412#page/48/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  34226B9DF98FACA5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-34226B9D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/34226B9D


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563797

Geographic range:

  • Zoothera lunulata: north-eastern, southeastern, and southern Australia including Tasmania
  • Zoothera lunulata [lunulata or macrorhyncha]: southeastern Australia (southeastern Queensland to southern Victoria and Tasmania)
  • Zoothera lunulata cuneata: montane northeastern Queensland (Windsor and Atherton Tablelands)
  • Zoothera lunulata halmaturina: South Australia (Mount Lofty and Flinders Ranges; Kangaroo Island)
English:
Bassian Thrush
Catalan:
griva de Tasmània
Czech:
drozd australský
Danish:
Australsk Gulddrossel
German:
Tasmanerddrossel
Spanish:
Zorzal Lunado
Spanish (Spain):
Zorzal Lunado
Finnish:
australiankirjorastas
French:
Grive à lunules
Croatian:
australski drozd
Hungarian:
pápua földirigó
Italian:
Tordo di Bass
Japanese (romaji):
o-sutorariatoratsugumi
Japanese:
オーストラリアトラツグミ
Lithuanian:
Tasmaninis dirvinis strazdas
Dutch:
Tasmaanse Goudlijster
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Eukalyptustrast
Norwegian:
Eukalyptustrost
Polish:
drozdoń australijski
Portuguese:
tordo-lunulado
Portuguese (Portugal):
tordo-lunulado
Russian:
Австралийский дрозд
Slovak:
drozd austrálsky
Serbian:
Tasmanijski pirgavi drozd
Swedish:
eukalyptustrast
Ukrainian:
Квічаль австралійський
Chinese:
绿尾地鸫
Chinese (Traditional):
黃綠尾地鶇


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 8]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 8]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 8]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 8]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 8]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 9]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 9]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 9]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 9]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 9]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 9]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Grive à lunules ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Clements, version 2021:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
Clements, version 2022:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
Clements, version 2023:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
Clements, version 2024:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
Clements 4th edition:
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 7]
Clements, version 2016:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 7]
Clements, version 2017:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 7]
Clements, version 2018:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 7]
Clements, version 2019:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
eBird version 1.50:
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Olive-tailed Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 7]
eBird version 2016:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 7]
eBird version 2017:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 7]
eBird version 2018:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 7]
eBird version 2019:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
eBird version 2021:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
eBird version 2022:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
eBird version 2023:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
eBird version 2024:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Australian Ground Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Australian Ground Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 6]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 5]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 8]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 8]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 8]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Bassian Thrush ( Zoothera lunulata) [version 3]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Zoothera lunulata [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Zoothera [lunulata or heinei] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: griva de Tasmània
Czech: drozd australský
Danish: Australsk Gulddrossel
German: Tasmanerddrossel
English: Australian Ground Thrush, Bassian Thrush, Olive-tailed Thrush
English, HBW: Bassian Thrush
English (IOC): Bassian Thrush
English (United States): Bassian Thrush
Esperanto: Olivvosta turdo
Spanish: Zorzal Lunado
Spanish (Spain): Zorzal Lunado
Spanish (HBW): Olive-tailed Thrush
Estonian: austraalia kirjurästas
Finnish: australiankirjorastas
French: Grive à lunules
Croatian: australski drozd
Hungarian: pápua földirigó
Italian: Tordo di Bass
Japanese (romaji): o-sutorariatoratsugumi
Japanese: オーストラリアトラツグミ
Scientific: Turdus lunulata, Zoothera lunulata, Zoothera lunulata [excl. papuensis], Zoothera lunulata lunulata
Lithuanian: Tasmaninis dirvinis strazdas
Dutch: Tasmaanse Goudlijster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Eukalyptustrast
Norwegian: Eukalyptustrost
Polish: drozdoń australijski
Portuguese: tordo-lunulado
Portuguese (Portugal): tordo-lunulado
Russian: Австралийский дрозд, Оливохвостый земляной дрозд
Slovak: drozd austrálsky
Serbian: Tasmanijski pirgavi drozd
Swedish: Australtrast, eukalyptustrast
Turkish: Sedefli ardıç
Ukrainian: Квічаль австралійський
Chinese: 绿尾地鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 黃綠尾地鶇

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