Thrushes (Turdidae)
Orange Ground-thrush (Zoothera gurneyi) - HBW 10, p. 688
French: Grive de Gurney
German: Gurneydrossel
Spanish: Zorzal de Gurney
Other common names: Gurney’s Thrush/Ground-thrush
Taxonomy: Turdus gurneyi Hartlaub, 1864, near Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.
Frequently treated as conspecific with Z. crossleyi, in part owing to vocal similarity, but plumage differences favour treatment as two separate species. Proposed races chyulu (from Chyulu Mts, in SE Kenya) and usambarae (from Mlalo, near Wilhelmstal, in N Tanzania) considered synonyms of raineyi. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chuka (van Someren, 1931) - Mt Kenya and Kikuyu escarpment.
- raineyi (Mearns, 1913) - SE Kenya and N Tanzania.
- otomitra (Reichenow, 1904) - W Angola, SE DRCongo, Tanzania and N Malawi.
- chuka (van Someren, 1931) - Mt Kenya and Kikuyu escarpment.
- raineyi (Mearns, 1913) - SE Kenya and N Tanzania.
- otomitra (Reichenow, 1904) - W Angola, SE DRCongo, Tanzania and N Malawi.
- disruptans (Clancey, 1955) - C Malawi S to Mozambique, E Zimbabwe, NE South Africa (Northern Province) and N Swaziland.
- gurneyi (Hartlaub, 1864) - E South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal S to Eastern Cape).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving on the ground and flying away Locality Xumeni Forest, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp gurneyi)
Garry George 9 September 2004 5 years ago 10 sec 3.8
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Bird Singing
Locality South Africa
Dubi Shapiro 2 January 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
Adult in hand
Locality Amani, Tanzania (ssp reineyi)
John Innes 26 July 1977 25 weeks ago 3 -
This bird was taped up onto this branch late in the afternoon.
Locality Xumeni Forest, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp gurneyi)
Sam Woods 13 October 2009 3 years ago 3
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General forest sounds with Orange thrush predominating Locality Xumeni Forest, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Neville Smithers 14 April 2013 5 weeks ago 0
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