Vanuatu Island Thrush

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Turdidae

Genus

Turdus

Subspecies (8)

• Turdus vanikorensis becki

  Paama, Lopevi, Epi, and Mai (central Vanuatu)

• Turdus vanikorensis efatensis

  Efate and Nguna (central Vanuatu)

• Turdus vanikorensis malekulae

  Pentecost, Malekula, and Ambrym (eastern Vanuatu)

• Turdus vanikorensis mareensis

  formerly Maré (Loyalty Islands); extinct

• Turdus vanikorensis placens

  Ureparapara and Vanua Lava, in southern Banks Islands (northern Vanuatu)

• Turdus vanikorensis rennellianus

  Rennell (southeastern Solomon Islands)

• Turdus vanikorensis vanikorensis

  Utupua and Vanikoro (central and southern Temotu, southeastern Solomon Islands) and Espiritu Santo and Malo (northern Vanuatu)

• Turdus vanikorensis whitneyi

  Gaua Island, in southern Banks Islands (northern Vanuatu)