- 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)
Taxonomy
There are ten subspecies;
Subspecies[1]
- T. p. chiguancoides:
- T. p. saturatus:
- T. p. pelios:
- T. p. adamauae:
- Northern Cameroon (Adamawa Plateau)
- T. p. nigrilorum:
- Highlands of Mount Cameroon
- T. p. poensis:
- Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
- T. p. centralis:
- Southern Central African Republic and eastern Congo to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
- 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
- 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/
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- Kenya Birds
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) African Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/African_Thrush
External Links
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