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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.
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When to see the Amami Thrush
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Where to see the Amami Thrush
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About the Amami Thrush
The Amami thrush 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.
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Easily confused with
Himalayan ThrushZoothera salimaliiThe Himalayan thrush or Himalayan forest thrush is a species of bird described in 2016 and separated out from the alpine thrush Zoothera mollissima with which they were formerly lumped.
GeomaliaZoothera heinrichiThe geomalia or Sulawesi mountain thrush is a rare member of the thrush family endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Fawn-breasted ThrushZoothera machikiThe fawn-breasted thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.
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