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Photo by djringer
Kumul Lodge, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Turdus poliocephalus

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia (Borneo) and Taiwan.

[edit] Taxonomy

The Island Thrush is a member of the cosmopolitan genus Turdus (Linnaeus, 1758), one of the most widely distributed bird genera in the world.

The taxonomy of the Island Thrush is complex (Clements^[1] recognises 51 subspecies), and has defied attempts to split the group based on the four suspected morphological types. However, it appears likely that future studies will result in this species being split.^[2]

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes insects (mostly beetles), spiders, snails, earthworms, as well as carrion and even small reptiles, also take fruit and seeds.

The nest is a well constructed cup well hidden in dense vegetation, 1-3 eggs are laid.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Taxonomy thread in the forum.

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID