Zorzal de Piaggi

Identificación

The Abyssinian ground thrush is an attractive but rather secretive species. The adults are a deep rufous orange on the head and face with a distinct white eye ring, the orange colour becomes les rufous on the breast and flanks and the upperparts are olive brown except for the orange-brown rump and tail. On the folded wing it shows two prominent white wingbars from the tips to the coverts. Immature birds tend to be paler and duller than the adults. They measure 19–20 cm (7.5–7.9 in) in length and weigh 43–65 g (1.5–2.3 oz).<p>The contact call of the Abyssinian ground thrush is a high pitched "tseep", the song is a typical thrush like melodious series of whistled phrases rendered in Sinclair &amp; Ryan as "chee-cheeleeroo-chruup".

Taxonomía

This thrush has been placed in the genera Turdus, then Zoothera but is now placed in the Geokichla. In addition the subspecies G.p. tanganjicae and G.p kilimensis have sometimes been regarded as separate species but they do not differ very much from the other subspecies in voice or morphology and most authorities lump them with Abyssinian ground thrush.

Nombre científico

Geokichla piaggiae

Autoridad

(Bouvier, 1877)

Orden

Passeriformes

Familia

Turdidae

Género

Geokichla

Distribución y hábitat

The Abyssinian ground thrush occurs in the undergrowth of evergreen montane forest in high rainfall regions between 1,800 and 3,300 m (5,900 and 10,800 ft), mostly above 2,500 m (8,200 ft), although occasionally found lower. It may also occur in bamboo forest, e.g. on Mount Kenya, or in exotic pine plantations in Ethiopia. There are six currently recognised subspecies of Abyssinian ground thrush and they are listed below with their distributions:

Migración

Especie residente

Comportamiento

Patrón migratorio: Especie residente.

Conservación

Tendencia poblacional: en declive.

Tendencia poblacional

en declive