Abyssinian Ground-Thrush (Geokichla piaggiae)

Other Names (World)
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush, Kivu Ground-thrush (tanganjicae), Abyssinian Ground Thrush

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bouvier, 1877)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,310 - 3,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)...)

Abyssinian Ground Thrush (Geokichla piaggiae) [XC825127]
by Louis Boon from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (song)

Abyssinian Ground Thrush (Geokichla piaggiae) [XC440100]
by Lars Lachmann from Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda, Rwanda (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.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Abyssinian Ground-Thrush (Geokichla piaggiae) - 10 files

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