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).