Amami thrush
Zoothera major (Ogawa, 1905)
The amami thrush (Zoothera major) is a species in the family Turdidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 140.2 g to 172 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
.jpeg){kind=link}
Quick facts about the amami thrush
- Weight
- 140.2 g – 172 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.75src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the amami thrush live?
Not recorded
What is the amami thrush?
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.
From the Wikipedia article “Amami thrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amami_thrush&oldid=1288724703), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the amami thrush endangered?
The amami thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the amami thrush classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTurdidae
- genusZoothera
- SpeciesZoothera major (Ogawa, 1905)
Synonyms Geocichla major, Turdus dauma amami, Zoothera amami, Zoothera amami amami, Zoothera dauma major, Zoothera varia major
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- drozd anamiskýCzech
- brych AnamiWelsh
- Amami GulddrosselDanish
- ErddrosselGerman
- Amami ErddrosselGerman
- Amami-DrosselGerman
- Amami-ErddrosselGerman
- Ryūkyū-ErddrosselGerman
- RyūkyūerddrosselGerman
- amamia turdoEsperanto
- Zorzal de AmamiSpanish
- Zorzal dorado de las AmamiSpanish
- amami kirjurästasEstonian
- riukiunrastasFinnish
- Grive d'AmamiFrench
- Grive d’AmamiFrench
- riukiuški drozdCroatian
- Tordo di AmamiItalian
- オオトラツグミJapanese
- Amami zemesstrazdsLatvian
- RyukyugoudlijsterDutch
- amamitrostNorwegian
- drozdoń wschodniPolish
- tordo-de-amamiPortuguese
- tordo-das-amamiPortuguese
- Амамийский дроздRussian
- Амамийский земляной дроздRussian
- drozd vzorkovanýSlovak
- Amami pirgavi drozdSerbian
- amamitrastSwedish
- Amami ArdıcıTurkish
- квічаль амамійськийUkrainian
- 奄美鶇Chinese
- 奄美地鶇Chinese
- 琉球地鸫Chinese
Relatives of the amami thrush
Other species in the same genus Zoothera.
Scaly thrush
Zoothera dauma
White's thrush
Zoothera aurea
Long-tailed thrush
Zoothera dixoni
Dark-sided thrush
Zoothera marginata
Sunda thrush
Zoothera andromedae
Alpine thrush
Zoothera mollissima
CompareAmami thrush vs Scaly thrushAmami thrush vs White's thrushAmami thrush vs Long-tailed thrushAmami thrush vs Dark-sided thrush
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the amami thrush?
An adult amami thrush weighs 140.2 g – 172 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the amami thrush endangered?
The amami thrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the amami thrush?
The amami thrush (Zoothera major) belongs to the family Turdidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
Embed a card for this animal on your own site
Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.
CreatureData. (2026). Amami thrush (Zoothera major). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/amami-thrush
“Amami thrush (Zoothera major).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/amami-thrush.
@misc{amami_thrush_2026,
title = {Amami thrush (Zoothera major)},
author = {{CreatureData}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/amami-thrush},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}