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Turdus libonyanus

Photo by Mark Fisher
Magaliesburg, South Africa, August 2005

[edit] Identification

Pale grey upper parts, throat pale buff, malar region heavily streaked dark brown. Upper breast brown, grading to orange on sides of breast and flanks; belly and vent white. Bill, eye-ring, legs and feet orange.

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Swaziland

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• T. l. verreauxi:

• Southern Zaire to Angola, northern Namibia, Zambia, western Zimbabwe, northern Botswana

• T. l. libonyanus:

• Eastern Botswana to Transvaal and northern Cape Province

• T. l. peripheris:

• Southern Mozambique (Maputo) to Natal and south-eastern Swaziland

• T. l. tropicalis:

• South-eastern Zaire to Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique

[edit] Habitat

Thornveld, open wodland, and parks and gardens

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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