The russet-tailed thrush (''Zoothera heinei'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the family

Turdidae The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, as Old World flycat ...

, closely related to the more widespread

Bassian thrush The Bassian thrush (''Zoothera lunulata''), 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 ...

(''Zoothera lunulata''). It is found in eastern

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and

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. Its natural

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s are temperate

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s and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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russet-tailed thrush The 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 habit ...

Birds of Queensland Birds of Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Jean Cabanis {{Turdidae-stub