Abyssinian Ground-thrush

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Abyssinian Ground-thrush
Photographed in Kenya
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Zoothera
Species: Z. piaggiae
Binomial name
Zoothera piaggiae
(Bouvier, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Geocichla piaggii

The Abyssinian Ground-thrush Zoothera piaggiae is a passerine bird native to north-east Africa. It lives at high altitude in montane forests.[1]

Illustration by Keulemans, 1881

[edit] References

  1. ^ Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan, 2003, Struik Publishers, ISBN 1-86872-857-9

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