Amami thrush

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Amami thrush

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Zoothera
Species:
Z. major
Binomial name
Zoothera major
(Ogawa, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Geocichla major Ogawa, 1905
  • Zoothera amami
  • Zoothera dauma major (Ogawa, 1905)
  • Zoothera varia major

The Amami thrush (Zoothera major) is a member of the

Nansei Islands
of Japan.

Description

This large, heavily patterned thrush is similar in appearance to the scaly thrush, to which was considered a subspecies. It has warm olive-brown to buff upperparts and whitish underparts with heavy black scaling. It has twelve tail feathers. The scaly thrush is smaller and has fourteen tail feathers. It has a cheerful song similar to the Siberian thrush. The Amami thrush ranges in length from 29 to 31 cm (11 to 12 in) and weighs approximately 172 g (6.1 oz). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 16.4 to 17.3 cm (6.5 to 6.8 in), the bill is 3.1 to 3.3 cm (1.2 to 1.3 in) and the tarsus is 4.1 to 4.5 cm (1.6 to 1.8 in).[2]

Behaviour and ecology

Its breeding

eggs
.

Status

The breeding population is estimated by Amami Ornithologists' Club (NPO, Japan) all over the island every late March since 1999.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2017. Zoothera major (amended version of 2017 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22708496A119560364. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22708496A119560364.en. Downloaded on 20 August 2019.

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