Brown-headed Thrush (Turdus chrysolaus) [XC286219]
by Peter Boesman from Oketo Lake forest, Hokkaido, Japan (song)
Brown-headed Thrush (Turdus chrysolaus) [XC286226]
by Vadim Ivushkin from Oketo Lake forest, Hokkaido, Japan (song)
Subspecies
Formerly treated as conspecific with Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus) and sometimes also with Izu Thrush (Turdus celaenops) or Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
orii Yamashina, 1929 - Kuril Islands. Winters to main Japanese islands and Ryukyu Is.
chrysolaus Temminck, 1831 - Sakhalin I. (Russia), Kurile Is. and Japan.