The Moluccan Island Thrush occurs on separate Moluccan islands. The 2024 Clements treatment includes the Seram population and tentatively includes the Taliabu form. Seram birds are black-bodied with an indistinct white hood.
The Seram form is black-bodied with an indistinct white hood. The tentatively included Taliabu form, sukahujan, is plain dark brown.
During a 2012 survey on Seram, one bird was seen foraging and calling at 1,500 m. A few were seen daily from 1,500 to 1,660 m and the species was more frequent above 1,800 m during that visit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.