Amami thrush
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The Amami thrush (Zoothera major) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It is endemic to the islands of Amami Ōshima and Kakeroma island in the northern Nansei Islands of Japan.
DescriptionEdit
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 Template:Convert and weighs approximately Template:Convert. Among standard measurements, the wing chord is Template:Convert, the bill is Template:Convert and the tarsus is Template:Convert.<ref>Peter Clement (2001) Thrushes. Princeton University Press. Template:ISBN</ref>
Behaviour and ecologyEdit
Its breeding habitat is mature subtropical broadleaved evergreen forest around humid valleys. Its diet includes invertebrates and fruit. It breeds in May and June, laying 3-4 eggs.
StatusEdit
The breeding population is estimated by Amami Ornithologists' Club (NPO, Japan) all over the island every late March since 1999.