African Thrush (Turdus pelios) [XC844377]
by Ole Jakobsen and Niels Krabbe from Speke Bay Lodge, Tanzania (song)
African Thrush (Turdus pelios) [XC827852]
by Oscar Campbell from Ntokou, Park headquarters, Congo (Brazzaville) (song)
Subspecies
Taxonomy complex and not fully understood. Has been thought to form a superspecies with Bare-eyed Thrush (Turdus tephronotus) and Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyana). Subspecies chinguancoides, nigrilorum, poensis and centralis have in the past been treated as subspecies of Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus), and the first two along with saturatus have sometimes been placed with Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyana). Subspecies bocagei, graueri and stormsi have also been placed with Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus). Situation still not adequately resolved and further research is required.
Proposed subspecies adamauae (northern Cameroon) considered indistinguishable from nominate, and williami (northern Zambia) merged with stormsi.
The following 10 subspecies are recognised:
chiguancoides Seebohm, 1881 - Senegal east to northern Ghana.
saturatus (Cabanis, 1882) - Western Ghana east to central Cameroon, western PRCongo and Gabon.