Island Thrush bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyThrushes / Turdidae
GenusTurdus
Breeding regionAustralasia, Oriental Region, Pacific ocean
Breeding subregionSumatra and Philippines (except Palawan group, East Visayas and Sulu Arch.) to Fiji (sw Polynesia) and Samoa (sc Polynesia)

Island Thrush bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Alarm call, call, © Oscar Campbell
    Malaysia
  • 2.
    Call, © Matthias Feuersenger
    Fiji
  • 3.
    Call, © Niels Krabbe
    Papua New Guinea
  • 4.
    Call, wingbeats, © Patrik Åberg
    Malaysia
  • 5.
    Alarm call?, © Mark O'Brien
    Fiji
  • 6.
    Call, © Niels Krabbe
    Papua New Guinea
  • 7.
    Song, © Scott Lin
    Taiwan
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Island Thrush

Island Thrush subspecies (49)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Turdus poliocephalus albifronsErromango (s Vanuatu)-No
Turdus poliocephalus beckiPaama, Lopevi, Epi and Emae (c Vanuatu)-No
Turdus poliocephalus beehlerimontane New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.)-No
Turdus poliocephalus bougainvilleimontane Bougainville (n Solomon Is.)-No
Turdus poliocephalus canescensGoodenough (D'Entrecasteaux Arch., se of New Guinea)-No
Turdus poliocephalus celebensismontane sw Sulawesi-No
Turdus poliocephalus deningerimontane Seram (ec Moluccas)-No
Turdus poliocephalus efatensisEfate and Nguna (sc Vanuatu)-No
Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurusChristmas I. (s of w Java)-No
Turdus poliocephalus fumidusmontane w Java-No
Turdus poliocephalus hadesGau (s Lomaiviti group, c Fiji, sw Polynesia)-No
Turdus poliocephalus heinrothiSt. Matthias (=Mussau, nc Bismarck Arch.)-No
Turdus poliocephalus hygroscopusmontane sc, e Sulawesi-No
Turdus poliocephalus indrapuraemontane sc Sumatra-No
Turdus poliocephalus javanicusmontane c Java-No
Turdus poliocephalus katangladmontane c Mindanao (s Philippines)-No
Turdus poliocephalus kellerimontane se Mindanao (s Philippines)-No
Turdus poliocephalus kulambangraemontane Kolombangara (c Solomon Is.)-No
Turdus poliocephalus layardiYasawa group, Viti Levu and Koro and Ovalau (Lomaiviti group; w Fiji, sw Polynesia)-No
Turdus poliocephalus loeserimontane n Sumatra-No
Turdus poliocephalus malekulaePentecost, Malekula and Ambrym (nc Vanuatu)-No
Turdus poliocephalus malindangensismontane nw Mindanao (s Philippines)-No
Turdus poliocephalus mareensisMare (Loyalty Is.; probably extinct)-Yes
Turdus poliocephalus mayonensismontane s Luzon (n Philippines)-No
Turdus poliocephalus mindorensismontane Mindoro (nw Philippines)-No
Turdus poliocephalus nigrorummontane Negros (wc Philippines)-No
Turdus poliocephalus papuensismontane e, ne (Huon Pen.), se New Guinea and Karkar (n of ne New Guinea)-No
Turdus poliocephalus placensVanua Lava and Ureparapara (to n of Vanua Lava; c Banks Is., n Vanuatu)-No
Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalusNorfolk I. (e of Australia)-Yes
Turdus poliocephalus pritzbueriTanna (s Vanuatu) and Lifou (c Loyalty Is., where probably extinct)-Yes
Turdus poliocephalus rennellianusRennell (se Solomon Is.)-No
Turdus poliocephalus ruficepsKadavu (sw Fiji, sw Polynesia)-No
Turdus poliocephalus samoensisSavaii and Upolu (w Samoa, c Polynesia)-No
Turdus poliocephalus schlegeliimontane w Timor (e Lesser Sundas)-No
Turdus poliocephalus seebohmimontane n Borneo-No
Turdus poliocephalus sladenimontane Guadalcanal (se Solomon Is.)-No
Turdus poliocephalus sterlingimontane e Timor (s Lesser Sundas)-No
Turdus poliocephalus stresemannimontane ec Java-No
Turdus poliocephalus sukahujanmontane Taliabu (w Sula Is., e of Sulawesi)-No
Turdus poliocephalus tempestiTaveuni (nc Fiji, sw Polynesia)-No
Turdus poliocephalus thomassonimontane n Luzon (n Philippines)-No
Turdus poliocephalus tolokiwaemontane Tolokiwa (w of New Britain, sc Bismarck Arch.)-No
Turdus poliocephalus vanikorensisUtupua and Vanikoro (s Temotu Is., se Solomon Is.) and Santo and Malo (nw Vanuatu)-No
Turdus poliocephalus versteegimontane w New Guinea-No
Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctusLord Howe I. (e of Australia)-Yes
Turdus poliocephalus vitiensisVanua Levu (nc Fiji, sw Polynesia)-No
Turdus poliocephalus whiteheadimontane e Java-No
Turdus poliocephalus whitneyiGaua (s Banks Is., n Vanuatu)-No
Turdus poliocephalus xanthopusNew Caledonia and satellites (possibly extinct except for Yande, nw of Grande Terre)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Azerbaijaniada qaratoyuğu
Catalanmerla insular
Chinese岛鸫
Chinese (Traditional)白頭鶇〔島鶇〕
Croatianotočni kos
Czechdrozd indopacifický
DanishØdrossel
DutchEilandmerel
EsperantoInsula turdo
Finnishtyynenmerenrastas
FrenchMerle des îles
GermanSüdseedrossel
Hungarianszigeti rigó
IndonesianAnis gunung
ItalianTordo insulare
Japaneseタイワンツグミ, ハイガシラツグミ
Lithuaniankalninis strazdas
Norwegianøytrost, Øytrost
Norwegian NynorskØytrast
Polishdrozd wyspowy
Portuguesetordo-insular
RussianГорный дрозд, Изменчивый дрозд, Островной дрозд
SerbianPacifički ostrvski drozd
Slovakdrozd ostrovný
SpanishZorzal insular
Swedishötrast
TurkishAda Ardıcı
Ukrainianдрізд мінливоперий