African ground thrush

African ground thrush

Taxobox
name = Ground-thrush


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Turdidae
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genus = "Zoothera"
genus_authority = Vigors, 1832
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

African ground-thrushes are species of thrush in the genus "Zoothera". They are now thought to be a group less closely related to the Asian members of the genus. They are forest-dwelling, foraging near the ground, and the sexes are alike [Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan, 2003, Struik Publishers, ISBN 1 86872 857 9] .

pecies in taxonomic order

* Abyssinian Ground-thrush, "Zoothera piaggiae"
* Kivu Ground-thrush, "Zoothera tanganjicae"
* Crossley's Ground-thrush, "Zoothera crossleyi"
* Orange Ground-thrush, "Zoothera gurneyi"
* Black-eared Ground-thrush, "Zoothera cameronensis"
** Kibale Black-eared Ground-thrush, "Zoothera cameronensis kibalensis" - possibly extinct (late 20th century?)
* Grey Ground-thrush, "Zoothera princei"
* Spotted Ground-thrush, "Zoothera guttata" - formerly "Z. fischeri"
* Oberlaender's Ground-thrush, "Zoothera oberlaenderi"
* Buru Thrush, "Zoothera dumasi"
* Chestnut-capped Thrush, "Zoothera interpres"
* Rusty-backed Thrush, "Zoothera erythronota"
* Red-and-black Thrush, "Zoothera mendeni"
** Peleng Red-and-black Thrush, "Zoothera mendeni mendeni" - extinct (mid-20th century)
* Chestnut-backed Thrush, "Zoothera dohertyi"

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