# Amami thrush

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The **Amami thrush** (***Zoothera major***) is a member of the [thrush](/source/Thrush_(bird)) family Turdidae. It is endemic to the islands of [Amami Ōshima](/source/Amami_%C5%8Cshima) and Kakeroma island in the northern [Nansei Islands](/source/Ry%C5%ABky%C5%AB_Islands) of Japan.

## Description

This large, heavily patterned thrush is similar in appearance to the [scaly thrush](/source/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](/source/Feather). The scaly thrush is smaller and has fourteen tail feathers. It has a cheerful song similar to the [Siberian thrush](/source/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](/source/Wing_chord_(biology)) is 16.4 to 17.3 cm (6.5 to 6.8 in), the [bill](/source/Beak) is 3.1 to 3.3 cm (1.2 to 1.3 in) and the [tarsus](/source/Tarsus_(skeleton)) is 4.1 to 4.5 cm (1.6 to 1.8 in).[1]

## Behaviour and ecology

Its breeding [habitat](/source/Habitat_(ecology)) is mature subtropical broadleaved [evergreen](/source/Evergreen) forest around humid valleys. Its diet includes [invertebrates](/source/Invertebrate) and [fruit](/source/Fruit). It breeds in May and June, laying 3-4 [eggs](/source/Egg_(biology)).

## Status

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

## References

1. Peter Clement (2001) *Thrushes*. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691088525

## External links

- [BirdLife Species Factsheet](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6331&m=0)

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