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Photo by Romy Ocon
Mount Makiling, Laguna Province, Philippines, December 2004

Geokichla cinerea

Zoothera cinerea

[edit] Identification

18 cm.

• Ash-grey head and upperparts
• Pale lores
• Blackish bar through eye and another on rear of ear coverts
• Darker grey wings
• Two noticeable white wing-bars
• Outer tail feathers tipped white
• White underparts
• Blackish malar
• Heavy black spots and streaks on upper breast
• Large black spots on belly and flanks
• White undertail-coverts
• Very pale legs

[edit] Distribution

South-east Asia: found in the northern Philippines (Luzon and Mindoro)

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1].
Formerly placed in genus Zoothera.

[edit] Habitat

Mid-mountain and moist montane forests from 300 to 1500m

[edit] Behaviour

Uncommon, shy and hard to see, on or near the ground, usually only seen at first light

[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. BirdLife Factsheet
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

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