Thrushes (Turdidae)

Red-and-black Thrush (Zoothera mendeni) - HBW 10, p. 683

French: Grive de Menden German: Pelengdrossel Spanish: Zorzal de Peleng

Taxonomy: Turdus (Geokichla) mendeni Neumann, 1939, Peleng, Banggai Islands.
Formerly treated as conspecific with Z. erythronota. Population on Taliabu apparently represents an undescribed race, but details in need of clarification. Currently treated as monotypic.

Distribution: Peleng I, in Banggai Archipelago, and Taliabu, in Sula Archipelago.