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Geokichla princei

Identification

21–22 cm; Drab, greyish, short tailed forest thrush.
Upperparts brownish grey. Lores and ear-coverts pale greyish buff with 2 bold, blackish vertical bars, one through the eye and one at the rear of the ear coverts. A thin dark moustachial stripe connects with the stripe through the eye. Chin and throat pale buffish grey. Breast, belly and flanks washed dirty, warm brown. Vent and undertail coverts white.
Broad white wingbar on the median coverts, narrower one on the greater coverts. Thin ochre-ish margins to secondaries shows as a faint panel in good, close views. Primaries and tail both dark brown.
Bare parts: broad white eye ring, split by vertical bar, black bill (only thrush in area with a black bill). Legs and feet: pinkish horn (with a slight purple component).

Distribution

Found in West and Central Africa from Liberia over Cameroon and Zaire to Uganda.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Zoothera, sometimes also in genus Turdus or Pseudoturdus.

Subspecies

Two subspecies recognized:

G. p. princei from Liberia to Ivory Coast and Ghana
G. p. batesi in east Zaire and western Uganda

Habitat

Dense lowland forest and riverine forests. Occurs at heights between 550 m to 610 m.

Behaviour

Exceptionally secretive.

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of invertebrates and insects, including worms, snails, millipedes and grasshoppers.

Vocalisation

Gives thin, high "seep" when disturbed. Song unknown.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey Ground Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey_Ground_Thrush

External Links

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-{{incomplete}}
+;[[:Category:Geokichla|Geokichla]] princei
-;[[:Category:Zoothera|Zoothera]] princei
-'''Alternative names''' '''''Pseudoturdus princei,'''''  '''''Turdus princei'''''
 ==Identification==
-Drab, greyish, short tailed forest thrush.  Upperparts brownish grey.  Lores and earcoverts pale greyish buff with 2 bold, blackish vertical bars, one through the eye and one at the rear of the ear coverts.  thin dark moustachial stripe connects with the stripe through the eye.  chin and throat pale buffish grey.  breast, belly and flanks washed dirty, warm brown.  Vent and undertail coverts white.  Broad white wingbar on the median coverts, narrower one on the greater coverts.  Thin ochre-ish margins to secondaries shows as a faint panel in good, close views.Primaries and tail both dark brown.  Bare parts :- Broad white eye ring, split by vertical bar, black bill ( only thrush in area with a black bill ), Pinkish horn ( with a slight purple component ) legs and feet.
+–22 cm; Drab, greyish, short tailed forest thrush.<br />
+Upperparts brownish grey.  [[Topography#Heads|Lores]] and ear-[[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] pale greyish buff with 2 bold, blackish vertical bars, one through the eye and one at the rear of the ear coverts. A thin dark [[Topography#Heads|moustachial]] stripe connects with the stripe through the eye.  Chin and throat pale buffish grey. Breast, belly and flanks washed dirty, warm brown.  Vent and undertail coverts white.<br />
+Broad white wingbar on the median coverts, narrower one on the greater coverts.  Thin ochre-ish margins to secondaries shows as a faint panel in good, close views. [[Topography#Wings|Primaries]] and tail both dark brown.<br />
+Bare parts: broad white eye ring, split by vertical bar, black bill (only thrush in area with a black bill).  Legs and feet: pinkish horn (with a slight purple component).
 ==Distribution==
 Found in West and Central [[Africa]] from [[Liberia]] over [[Cameroon]] and [[Zaire]] to [[Uganda]].
 ==Taxonomy==
+Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Zoothera|Zoothera]], sometimes also in genus ''Turdus'' or ''Pseudoturdus''.
+====Subspecies====
 Two subspecies recognized:
-* ''Z. p. princei'' from [[Liberia]] to [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Ghana]]
+* ''G. p. princei'' from [[Liberia]] to [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Ghana]]
-* ''Z. p. batesi'' in east [[Zaire]] and western [[Uganda]]
+* ''G. p. batesi'' in east [[Zaire]] and western [[Uganda]]
 ==Habitat==
-Dense lowland forest.
+Dense lowland forest and riverine forests. Occurs at heights between 550 m to 610 m.
 ==Behaviour==
-Exceptionally secretive.  Gives thin, high "''seep''" when disturbed.  Song unknown.
+Exceptionally secretive.
+====Diet====
+Their diet consists mostly of invertebrates and insects, including worms, snails, millipedes and grasshoppers.
+====Vocalisation====
+Gives thin, high "''seep''" when disturbed.  Song unknown.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Zoothera+princei}}
+{{GSearch|Geokichla+princei}}
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Zoothera]]
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Geokichla]] [[Category:Missing Images]]