Amami thrush

　The Amami Thrush, which together with the Amami Rabbit and others was a plaintiff against the construction of the golf course in Amami Ōshima and for the right to nature.

　A phantom bird thatI cannot watch  since my first visit to Amami Ōshima 20 years ago. It differs from White’s thrush of the mainland in the number of tail feathers and its call, and is now considered to be a separate species because of progress in amino acid and nucleotide sequence analysis.

　When I was walking through the Amami Wild Bird Forest square, I heard a loud noise of something flying off behind me. I turned around thinking it was a dove again, but it turned out to be a thrush. I was allowed to watch it closely for about five minutes until someone else came along. This thrush groups were thought to be a mythical creature because of its eerie night call. When you look closely at its face, it does indeed look a little like a monster.