动物百科
岛鸫（学名：Turdus poliocephalus，英文名：Island Thrush）是鸫科鸫属的鸟类，俗名白头鸫。分布于印度尼西亚、菲律宾、加里曼丹、斐济、台湾等地，多见于分布在海拔1100-3000米阔叶林中以及觅食于森林中上层部分。该物种的模式产地在台湾。
中文学名：岛鸫
拉丁学名：Turdus poliocephalus
英文俗名：Island Thrush
命名作者：Latham, 1802
中文目名：雀形目(Passeriformes)
中文科名：鸫科(Turdidae)
中文属名：鸫属(Turdus)
繁殖区：东洋界, 澳洲界, 太平洋 : Sumatra and Philippines to Fiji Islan
中国野生鸟类：
《中国鸟类野外手册》：鸟种编号#708
世界自然保护联盟(IUCN)
红色名录保护级别：无危物种
Least Concern（LC）
受威胁程度较低，保护现状比较安全
外形特征
岛鸫：形态特征图
体型略小(21厘米)的鸫。特征为腹部赤褐色，头及喉白色。雌鸟头顶及上体深橄榄褐色，眉纹白，喉近白，颈背具褐色杂斑，中覆羽具浅色横纹。
虹膜－褐色；嘴－黄色；脚－黄色。
叫声：告警时发出嘟叫声。鸣声响亮而清晰悦耳，开始时缓慢，有高低音，然后逐渐加速至雄壮而强烈的收尾音。
地理分布
岛鸫台湾亚种：地理分布图
分布范围：台湾、菲律宾、婆罗洲至新几内亚及太平洋岛屿。
分布状况：亚种niveiceps为不常见留鸟，见于台湾海拔1800~2500米的温带山区及松林。
生活习性
习性：藏匿于茂密植被覆盖下。立于树栖处鸣叫。性羞怯，名列台湾 “接近受胁”的稀有留鸟，幸运的在1000米左右的溪头森林山区发现它们的踪影。
食性：昆虫，蚯蚓，或食果实。
亚种分化
岛鸫carbonarius亚种, 新几内亚
岛鸫erythropleurus亚种：雄鸟，印度洋圣诞岛
岛鸫erythropleurus亚种：雌鸟，印度洋圣诞岛
岛鸫包含多个亚种，台湾亚种的特征是白头。
- T. p. albifrons(E. P. Ramsay, 1879). Erromango, Vanuatu.
- T. p. becki(Mayr, 1941). Paama, Lopevi, Epi and Emae, in Vanuatu.
- T. p. beehleri(Ripley, 1977). New Ireland.
- T. p. bougainvillei(Mayr, 1941). Bougainville Island.
- T. p. canescens(De Vis, 1894). Goodenough Island.
- T. p. carbonarius(Mayr & Gilliard, 1951). Mountains of east-central 新几内亚.
- T. p. celebensis(Büttikofer, 1893). South-west Sulawesi.
- T. p. deningeri(Stresemann, 1912). Seram.
- T. p. efatensis(Mayr, 1941). Efate and Nguna, in Vanuatu.
- T. p. erythropleurus(Sharpe, 1887), Christmas Island Thrush. Christmas Island.
- T. p. fumidus(Statius Muller, 1844). Mountains of western Java.
- T. p. hades(Mayr, 1941). Gau Island, Fiji.
- T. p. heinrothi(Rothschild & Hartert, 1924). St Matthias Islands, Papua New Guinea.
- T. p. hygroscopus(Stresemann, 1931). Southern Sulawesi.
- T. p. indrapurae(Robinson & Kloss, 1916). South-central Sumatra.
- T. p. javanicus(Horsfield, 1821). Mountains of central Java.
- T. p. katanglad(Salomonsen, 1953). Central Mindanao, 菲律宾.
- T. p. kelleri(Mearns, 1905). Mount Apo, Philippines.
- T. p. keysseri(Mayr, 1931). Mountains of the Huon Peninsula, New Guinea.
- T. p. kulambangrae(Mayr, 1941). Kolombangara, Solomon Islands.
- T. p. layardi(Seebohm, 1891). Viti Levu, Ovalau, Yasawa and Koro Islands, Fiji.
- T. p. loeseri(Meyer de Schauensee, 1939). Northern Sumatra.
- T. p. malekulae(Mayr, 1941). Pentecost, Malekula and Ambrym Islands, Vanuatu.
- T. p. malindangensis(Mearns, 1907). Mount Malindang, Philippines.
- T. p. mareensis(E. L. Layard & Tristram, 1879). Maré Island, in the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.绝种
- T. p. mayonensis(Mearns, 1907). Southern Luzon, Philippines.
- T. p. mindorensis(Ogilvie-Grant, 1896). Mindoro, Philippines.
- T. p. nigrorum(Ogilvie-Grant, 1896). Negros, Philippines.
- 岛鸫台湾亚种（学名：
Turdus poliocephalus niveiceps）(Hellmayr, 1919)，是台湾的特有物种。分布于台湾本岛。该物种的模式产地在台湾。[5] - T. p. papuensis(De Vis, 1890). Mountains of south-east New Guinea.
- T. p. placens(Mayr, 1941). Ureparapara and Vanua Lava, Vanuatu.
- T. p. poliocephalus(Latham, 1801), Norfolk Island Thrush. Norfolk Island.绝种
- T. p. pritzbueri(E. L. Layard, 1878). Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (probably extinct); and Tanna, Vanuatu.
- T. p. rennellianus(Mayr, 1931). Rennell Island, southern Solomon Islands.
- T. p. ruficeps(E. P. Ramsay, 1876). Kadavu, Fiji.
- T. p. samoensis(Tristram, 1879). Savai’i and Upolu Islands, Samoa.
- T. p. schlegeli(P. L. Sclater, 1861). Western Timor.
- T. p. seebohmi(Sharpe, 1888), Borneo Island Thrush. Mountains of northern Borneo.
- T. p. sladeni(Cain & Galbraith, 1955). Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
- T. p. sterlingi(Mayr, 1944). Eastern Timor.
- T. p. stresemanni(M. Bartels, Jr, 1938). Mount Lawu, Java.
- T. p. tempesti(E. L. Layard, 1876). Taveuni, Fiji.
- T. p. thomassoni(Seebohm, 1894). Northern Luzon, Philippines.
- T. p. tolokiwae(Diamond, 1989). Tolokiwa Island, Bismarck Archipelago; and possibly New Britain.
- T. p. vanikorensis(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830). Vanikolo Islands and Utupua, in the Solomons; and Espiritu Santo and Malo, Vanuatu.
- T. p. versteegi(Junge, 1939). Mountains of western New Guinea.
- T. p. vinitinctus(Gould, 1855), Lord Howe Island Thrush. Lord Howe Island. 绝种
- T. p. vitiensis(E. L. Layard, 1876). Vanua Levu, Fiji.
- T. p. whiteheadi(Seebohm, 1893). Mountains of eastern Java.
- T. p. whitneyi(Mayr, 1941). Gaua Island, Vanuatu.
- T. p. xanthopus(J. R. Forster, 1844). Yandé Island, New Caledonia.