Russet-tailed Thrush
Photo © Mark Clarke
Photo © Mark Clarke — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #323143743The russet-tailed thrush (Zoothera heinei) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, closely related to the more widespread Bassian thrush (Zoothera lunulata). It is found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. == Subspecies == There are four subspecies of the russet-tailed thrush. Z. h. papuensis - montane west-central to northeast (Huon Peninsula) and southeast New Guinea. Z. h. eichhorni - St. Matthias (=Mussau, north Bismarck Archipelago). Z. h. choiseuli - montane Choiseul (north-central Solomon Is.; single 1904 record). Z. h. heinei - east-central, southeast QLD to southeast NSW (eastern Australia).
Kroombit Tops National Park
Valentine Plains, Australia
+152 birds+6 mammals
Where eucalypt woodlands rise into sandstone plateaus, Kroombit Tops unfolds across nearly 906 square kilometres of northeastern Queensland's most biodiverse terrain. The park's defining feature is…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCania Gorge National Park
Australia
+131 birds+7 mammals
Where sandstone ridges rise above the Queensland inland plains, Cania Gorge National Park carves a compelling landscape across 51 square kilometres of dry eucalypt woodland and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBunya Mountains National Park
Australia
+149 birds+11 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest meets open eucalyptus woodland on the elevated plateau of southeastern Queensland, Bunya Mountains National Park unfolds across 483 square kilometres of some of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSpringbrook National Park
Australia
+195 birds+25 mammals
Subtropical rainforest meets open eucalypt woodland across a mountainous terrain where the McPherson Range rises sharply from the Queensland coast, creating a patchwork of microclimates and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLamington National Park
Australia
+227 birds+24 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest rises steeply from the Queensland coast, Lamington National Park spreads across 541 square kilometres of one of Australia's most biodiverse mountain landscapes. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBald Rock National Park
Australia
+122 birds+15 mammals
Granite peaks and weathered stone dominate the landscape of this 202-square-kilometre national park in inland New South Wales, where rugged tors and rocky outcrops rise dramatically…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Sandy National Park
Australia
+306 birds+40 mammals
Where coastal dunes rise inland from the Queensland coastline, Great Sandy National Park encompasses a landscape of remarkable ecological diversity shaped by subtropical humid conditions year-round.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGirringun National Park
Australia
+231 birds+10 mammals
Where granite gorges cleave through subtropical woodland in North Queensland, Girringun National Park unfolds across rugged terrain shaped by millions of years of weathering and erosion.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNoosa National Park
Marcus Beach, Australia
+216 birds+8 mammals
Subtropical eucalypt woodland and open forest meet coastal heathland along the Noosa Peninsula, where the temperate waters of the Tasman current moderate the Queensland climate into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBarrington Tops National Park
Australia
+175 birds+47 mammals
Where the New England Plateau rises above the Hunter Valley, temperate rainforest cloaks the highest reaches of Barrington Tops, its dense canopy fed by year-round precipitation…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDorrigo National Park
Gleniffer, Australia
+172 birds+17 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest transitions into cool temperate woodland, Dorrigo National Park rises across the volcanic tablelands of far northern New South Wales, cloaked in the perpetually…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOxley Wild Rivers National Park
Australia
+202 birds+45 mammals
Where the New England Tablelands descend toward the coast, river gorges carve through temperate forests in a landscape of dramatic geological contrast. Oxley Wild Rivers National…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNew England National Park
Australia
+169 birds+35 mammals
Temperate eucalypt woodlands and cool rainforest pockets define this upland reserve where granite peaks rise above the New England Plateau in northeastern New South Wales. Here,…
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