Colluricincla harmonica
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The grey shrikethrush or grey shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), formerly commonly known as grey thrush, is a songbird of Australasia. It is moderately common to common in most parts of Australia, but absent from the driest of the inland deserts. It is also found in New Guinea.
The grey shrikethrush was originally described in the genus Turdus. Alternate names include the brown shrike-thrush, buff-bellied shrike-thrush, grey shrike-flycatcher, northern shrike-thrush and south-western shrike-thrush.
Found in northern Australia and Melville Island Found in eastern New Guinea, islands in the Torres Strait and north-eastern Australia Found in Tasmania and the islands in the Bass Strait (Australia) Found in western, southern... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 16 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 18 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 19 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | National Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray Shrikethrush sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 3,027 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 62nd most-seen of the 236 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray Shrikethrush in Melbourne on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray Shrikethrush sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Gray Shrikethrush sightings, Melbourne ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Brisbane (Australia, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray Shrikethrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Melbourne (3,027 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
