Thrushes (Turdidae)
Geomalia (Geomalia heinrichi) - HBW 10, p. 633
French: Géomalie des Célèbes
German: Celebesdrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Terrestre de Célebes
Other common names: Celebes Mountain Thrush/Ground-thrush, Heinrich’s Whistling-thrush
Taxonomy: Geomalia heinrichi Stresemann, 1931, Mount Latimodjong, 2800 m, Sulawesi.
Systematic position uncertain. Some authors treat this species within present family, whereas others place it in Timaliidae. Current placement extremely tentative. Shows certain turdine features, including lightly spotted underparts in juvenile plumage, rather confident terrestrial foraging behaviour and thrush-like posture; equally, other features (very short, rounded and curved wing, pale wingpanel, fluffy elongate feathers on side of rump and round thighs, and long rounded tail) all tend to suggest affinities to timaliid genus Garrulax. Race matinangensis poorly differentiate.. View all taxonomy...
Systematic position uncertain. Some authors treat this species within present family, whereas others place it in Timaliidae. Current placement extremely tentative. Shows certain turdine features, including lightly spotted underparts in juvenile plumage, rather confident terrestrial foraging behaviour and thrush-like posture; equally, other features (very short, rounded and curved wing, pale wingpanel, fluffy elongate feathers on side of rump and round thighs, and long rounded tail) all tend to suggest affinities to timaliid genus Garrulax. Race matinangensis poorly differentiated; species perhaps better treated as monotypic. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- heinrichi Stresemann, 1931 - NC & SC Sulawesi.
- matinangensis Stresemann, 1931 - N & SE Sulawesi.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Very poor footage of a distant bird hopping along a path Locality Anaso track, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp heinrichi)
Keith Blomerley 26 August 2011 8 weeks ago 18 sec 2.2
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