Abyssinian Ground Thrush (Geokichla piaggiae) [XC72876]
by James Bradley from Kericho Tea Estates, Kenya (song)
Abyssinian Ground Thrush (Geokichla piaggiae) [XC801786]
by GABRIEL LEITE from \u1309\u1208\u120c\u1362 (near Goro), North Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia (song)
Subspecies
Zoothera piaggiae and Z. tanganjicae (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include tanganjicae as a subspecies of Abyssinian Ground-thrush (Geokichla piaggiae).
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
hadii Macdonald, 1940 - Southern Sudan (Imatong and Dongotona Mts).
piaggiae (Bouvier, 1877) - South-eastern Sudan (Boma Hills) and Ethiopia south to eastern DRCongo and northern and western Kenya.
ruwenzorii (Prigogine, 1984) - Ruwenzori Mts (western Uganda). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Ruwenzori Ground-thrush (Zoothera ruwenzorii).
tanganjicae Sassi, 1914 - Eastern DRCongo, south-western Uganda, Rwanda and northern Burundi. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Kivu Ground-thrush (Zoothera tanganjicae).
kilimensis Neumann, 1900 - Central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
rowei Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 1937 - Northern Tanzania.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet