The Buru Thrush is a montane thrush from Buru Island. A 2011 survey mist-netted six birds in primary montane forest inland from Waikeka. The paper's photograph of one male shows a pale eye-ring and brown sides and flanks.
A male photographed in 2011 had a pale eye-ring, partly brown ear-coverts, and brown sides and flanks. The paper uses these marks to distinguish it from the related Seram Thrush.
In February 2011, researchers mist-netted six birds in primary montane forest inland from Waikeka: three at 1,100 m and three at 1,440 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.