Song Thrush

Description:

These beautiful song birds were originally introduced and have since claimed the naturalised conservation status. They have pale cream underparts speckled with fawn-brown chevrons. The head, back and upper wings and tail are smooth grey-brown with indistinct streaking on the head.

Habitat:

Cruising around on the grassed area between walking tracks at the Botanic Gardens.

Notes:

There was only one of these birds in that area and it was in the same location as some Chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs gengleri), with a couple of Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae) flying around. Here is some interesting reading: https://www.nzbirds.com/birds/thrush.htm...