- Turdus libonyana
Identification
Pale grey upper parts, throat pale buff, malar region heavily streaked dark brown. Upper breast brown, grading to orange on sides of breast and flanks; belly and vent white. Bill, eye-ring, legs and feet orange. For similar species see: Olive_Thrush#Similar_Species.
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, eSwatini
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- T. l. verreauxii:
- T. l. libonyana:
- Eastern Botswana to Mozambique, northeastern South Africa (Transvaal), and eSwatini
- T. l. peripheris:
- Eastern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), southeastern eSwatini, and southern Mozambique (Maputo)
- T. l. tropicalis:
- Southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Habitat
Thornveld, open wodland, and parks and gardens.
Behaviour
Forages mainly on ground by tossing aside leaf litter. Diet consists chiefly of worms, insects and other invertebrates. Nest is a large cup of twigs, roots, and grass sometimes cemented with mud. Usually lined with mud and placed in a tree fork or sometimes on an overgrown part of building. Clutch size 1–4, usually 3 variable pale green, blue or pale brown eggs speckled and spotted pale reddish-brown.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Kurrichane Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Kurrichane_Thrush
External Links
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