Zoothera joiceyi

The Seram Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is endemic to montane rainforest on Seram in Indonesia. Traditionally, it has been considered a subspecies of the Buru Thrush, in which case the common name of the 'combined species' was Moluccan Thrush.

The Zoothera joiceyi is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

Zoothera joiceyi is split from Z.dumasi (Collar 2004); BLI recognizes 48. Zoothera leucolaema is split from Z.interpres (Collar 2004); BLI recognizes 49. CHANGE English name of Zoothera mendeni from inaccurate Peleng Thrush to Red-and-black Thrush recommended by Collar (2004) 50. Zoothera dauma includes Z. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Turdidae
Genus : Zoothera
Species : joiceyi
Authority : (Rothschild & Hartert, 1921)