Abyssinian Ground Thrush - BirdForum Opus

Photo by musse
Mount Kenya, February 2005

Includes: Kivu Ground-Thrush

Geokichla piaggiae

Identification

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

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of six subspecies.^[1]

• G. p. piaggiae:

• Southeastern South Sudan, Ethiopia, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Uganda, and northern and western Kenya

• G. p. hadii:

• Southeastern South Sudan (Imatong and Dongotona mountains)

• G. p. ruwenzorii:

• Ruwenzori Mountains (DRC/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 DRC, Rwanda, northern Burundi and southwest Uganda

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

Habitat

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

Behaviour

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

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. Lepage D. (2020) Abyssinian_Ground_Thrush in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved 6 April 2020

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Abyssinian Ground Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Abyssinian_Ground_Thrush

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