Grey Ground-thrush (Geokichla princei)

Other Names (World)
Grey Ground-thrush, Gray Ground-thrush, Grey Ground Thrush

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1873)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 610 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda.

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

Grey Ground Thrush (Geokichla princei) [XC739692]
by id from Semuliki National Park, Bundibugyo, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Grey Ground Thrush (Geokichla princei) [XC166375]
by Peter Boesman from Semuliki Forest NP, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Subspecies batesi has been considered by various authors to be closely related to race graueri of Black-eared Ground-thrush (Geokichla camaronensis), to which it is very similar in plumage.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

princei (Sharpe, 1873) - Eastern Sierra Leone and Liberia east to Ghana.
batesi Sharpe, 1905 - South-eastern Nigeria, western and southern Cameroon and northern Gabon; eastern DRCongo and western Uganda.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey Ground-thrush (Geokichla princei) - 9 files

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