SONG THRUSH

Photographed at West Sunshine, Victoria December 2015

738          SONG THRUSH           Turdus philomelos

Australia          (581)

Also known as English Thrush. 23 cm. Found in parks, gardens, woodlands, forrest, thickets. Range: native to Europe, n. Africa, w. Asia; introduced to Melbourne 1860s; Patchy Dandenong Ras.-Mt Macedon, Melbourne and suburbs, Mornington Pen; Geelong-Lorne. Local. Also introduced Lord Howe and Norfolk Is., NZ.

Taken Norfolk Island January 2016