A New Subspecies of Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius pandoo recorded in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Abstract

A male Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius was caught and banded on Nakanoshima Island, Tokara Islans, Kagoshima Prefecture on 2 May 1988. On the basis of its plumage it was identified as being of the subspecies M. s. pandoo, the first time that this subspecies has occurred in Japan.