Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Thrushes and Allies :: Spotted Ground-Thrush

Spotted Ground-Thrush Zoothera guttata

Described by: Vigors (1831)
Alternate common name(s): Spotted Ground-thrush, Fischer's Ground-thrush, Natal Ground-thrush
Old scientific name(s): Zoothera guttata, Turdus fischeri

Photographs

Dlindza Forest, Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - May 13, 2007 © Netta Smith 
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Range

C. to se. Africa;
Highly fragmented distribution;
(1) Ex. se. Zaire.
(2) S. Malawi to Mozambique and South Africa (Lake St. Lucia, Ongoye Forest Reserve, n. Zululand, Natal and Cape Province).
(3) Coastal Kenya (Arabuko-Sokoke Forests) to s. Tanzania.
(4) Malawi (Mt. Thyolo).
(5) S. Sudan.
Birds recorded in Sudan(?), Kenya, Tanzania, and ex. se. Zaire may be migrants or vagrants.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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