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 LC    Orange Ground-thrush* Id (Atlas):
    Geokichla gurneyi

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Orange Ground-Thrush, Gurney's Thrush, Gurney's Ground-thrush, Orange Ground Thrush

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1864)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 500 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (81)...)

 
Orange Ground Thrush (Geokichla gurneyi) [XC429984]
     by Frank Lambert from Uluguru Mts. Above Tegetero Mission, Tanzania (song)

 
Orange Ground Thrush (Geokichla gurneyi) [XC125121]
     by Daniel Danckwerts from Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
Frequently treated as conspecific with Crossley's Ground-thrush (Geokichla crossleyi), in part owing to vocal similarity, but plumage differences favour treatment as two separate species. Proposed subspecies chyulu (from Chyulu Mts, in south-eastern Kenya) and usambarae (from Mlalo, near Wilhelmstal, in northern Tanzania) considered synonyms of raineyi.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • chuka van Someren, 1931   -  Mt Kenya and Kikuyu escarpment.
  • raineyi Mearns, 1913   -  South-eastern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
  • otomitra Reichenow, 1904   -  Western Angola, south-eastern DRCongo, Tanzania and northern Malawi.
  • disruptans (Clancey, 1955)   -  Central Malawi south to Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, north-eastern South Africa (Northern Province) and northern Swaziland.
  • gurneyi (Hartlaub, 1864)   -  Eastern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal south to eastern Cape).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Orange Ground-thrush (Geokichla gurneyi) - 10 files


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