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Photo by musse
Mount Kenya, February 2005

Includes: Kivu Ground-Thrush

Geokichla piaggiae

[edit] Identification

Deep orange underparts, rufous back, white eyering, black and white wingbars.

[edit] Distribution

Central eastern Africa
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of six subspecies.^[1]

• G. p. piaggiae:

• Ethiopia to south-eastern Sudan, northern Kenya, south-western Uganda and mountains of eastern Zaire

• G. p. hadii:

• South-eastern Sudan (Imatong and Dongotona mountains)

• G. p. ruwenzorii:

• Ruwenzori Mountains (Zaire/Uganda border)

• G. p. kilimensis:

• Kenya (east of Rift Valley) to northern Tanzania (Mount Kilimanjaro)

• Z. p.e rowei:

• Northern Tanzania (Loliondo and Magaidu forests)

• G. p.e tanganjicae:

• Montane forests of eastern Zaire, Rwanda, northern Burundi and southwest Uganda

tanganjicae is sometimes accepted as full species, Kivu Ground-Thrush.
Formerly placed in genus Zoothera.

[edit] Habitat

2000-3300m in forests in western and central regions. Prefers areas of Bamboo.

[edit] Behaviour

This is a usually solitary, shy, ground feeding bird of the forest .

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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