The Amami thrush (Zoothera major) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It is endemic to the islands of Amami à Âshima and Kakeroma island in the northern Nansei Islands of Japan.
This large, heavily patterned thrush is similar in appearance to the scaly thrush, to which was considered a subspecies. It has warm olive-brown to buff upperparts and whitish underparts with heavy black scaling. It has twelve tail feathers. The scaly thrush is smaller and has fourteen tail feathers. It has a cheerful song similar to the Siberian thrush. The Amami thrush ranges in length from and weighs approximately . Among standard measurements, the wing chord is , the bill is and the tarsus is .
Its breeding habitat is mature subtropical broadleaved evergreen forest around humid valleys. Its diet includes invertebrates and fruit. It breeds in May and June, laying 3-4 eggs.
The breeding population is estimated by Amami Ornithologists' Club (NPO, Japan) all over the island every late March since 1999.