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Adult
Photo by Reini
Abuko,, The Gambia, November 2005
Turdus pelios

Identification

  • Grey-brown body
  • Greyish head
  • Yellow bill

Sexes similar

Similar Species

Similar to the Olive Thrush which is found in denser forestry.

Distribution

Widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa:
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Immature
Photo by Reini
Senegambia hotel garden, The Gambia, November 2005

Taxonomy

There are ten subspecies;

Subspecies[1]

  • T. p. chiguancoides:
  • T. p. saturatus:
  • T. p. pelios:
  • T. p. adamauae:
  • T. p. nigrilorum:
  • Highlands of Mount Cameroon
  • T. p. poensis:
  • T. p. centralis:
  • T. p. graueri:
  • T. p. bocagei:
  • T. p. stormsi:

Habitat

Woodland, forest edge and close to cultivation.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects, earthworms and berries.

Breeding

They nest in bushes.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia
  4. Kenya Birds

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