Thrushes & Starlings

Thrushes & Starlings
Families Turdidae (thrushes, Blackbird)
& Sturnidae (starlings, Myna)

Bassian Thrush	Common Blackbird	Song Thrush
Common Starling	Common Myna

Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Uncommon breeding resident of the wetter higher forests. Some birds are altitudinal migrants; during the winter these can be found in scrub thickets on the tablelands
Photo by Rhonda Abbott	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by David Cook	Photo by Stuart Harris
Common Blackbird Turdus merula Introduced( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Common breeding resident of the built up area of Canberra, and also along creeks and rivers. Seen only occasionally elsewhere
Adult male. Photo by Helen Fallow	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Stuart Harris
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris Introduced( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Common breeding resident throughout much of the ACT. An introduced species
Photo by Frank Atkinson	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Peter Fullagar	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Newline, ACT. Photo by David Cook
Common Myna Sturnus tristis Introduced( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Common breeding resident of the populated area. There is a tendency for it to spread to the country
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Lindsay Hansch