Thrushes (Turdidae)
Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyanus) - HBW 10, p. 659
French: Merle kurrichane
German: Rotschnabeldrossel
Spanish: Zorzal de Kurrichane
Taxonomy: Merula libonyanus A. Smith, 1836, near Kurrichane, western Transvaal, South Africa.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with T. pelios and T. tephronotus. Hybridization with T. olivaceus claimed in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Proposed race chobiensis (from N Botswana and W Zimbabwe) considered indistinguishable from verreauxi, and peripheris (E South Africa) from nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tropicalis W. K. H. Peters, 1881 - SE Burundi and Tanzania S to C & E Zambia, Malawi, E Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
- verreauxi Bocage, 1870 - Angola and SE DRCongo S to NE Namibia, W Zambia, N Botswana and W Zimbabwe.
- libonyanus (A. Smith, 1836) - E & S Botswana E to S Mozambique, S to N & NE South Africa and Swaziland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on the ground at Hotel Cardoso Locality Maputo City, Mozambique (ssp peripherus)
Nacho Aransay 20 March 2013 8 weeks ago 25 sec 4.2 -
An adult foraging on the ground Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (ssp verreauxi)
Greg Baker 14 September 1999 1 year ago 47 sec 4 -
An adult feeding chicks on the nest Locality Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, Central Region, Malawi (ssp tropicalis)
Greg Baker 16 October 2005 30 weeks ago 19 sec 3.8 -
A bird searching food on the ground Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp libonyanus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 6 October 2002 9 years ago 28 sec 3.2 -
A bird ruffling its feathers then flying away Locality Maun Rest Camp, Maun, North-West District, Botswana (ssp libonyanus)
Keith Blomerley 6 January 2007 5 years ago 10 sec 3 -
A bird running and feeding on the ground Locality Okavango Camp, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp verreauxi)
Juan Sanabria 26 September 2005 7 years ago 24 sec 2.8
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On the ground
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Guy Poisson 31 December 2012 21 weeks ago 4.6 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp libonyanus)
Carmelo López 4 November 2009 2 years ago 4.1 -
Adult bird perched on a branch.
Locality Nelspruit Botanical Gardens, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Martin Främke 25 March 2011 21 weeks ago 3.8 -
Frontal view of a singing bird.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ken Havard 10 October 2007 2 years ago 3.7 -
Foraging on the ground
Locality Dikhololo Game Reserve, North West Province, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 14 July 2011 24 weeks ago 3.7 -
On the ground.
Locality Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp libonyanus)
Fran Trabalon 22 October 2008 2 years ago 3.6
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