Amami thrush

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 and weighs approximately . Among standard measurements, the wing chord is , the bill is and the tarsus is . ==Behaviour and ecology==

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. ==Status==

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