Kurrichane Thrush

The Kurrichane Thrush is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyanus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. References - Search Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Turdus libonyana * BirdLife International 2004. Turdus libonyana. More

The Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyanus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. More

Distribution of Kurrichane thrush in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). See here for the latest distribution from the SABAP2. More

The Kurrichane Thrush has an obvious orange-yellow bill. The upperparts are a greyish-brown colour or olive grey-brown. The chin off-white; and the sides of the throat are heavily marked with blackish streaks, giving a "moustache" effect. The breast is light grey brown grading downwards to dull pale orange. The flanks are dull orange and the centre of the belly is whitish The bill is bright orange. More

Kurrichane Thrush in undergrowth Show all images from this species Add your Comments Users' Comments No Comments More

The Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyanus), a relative of the European Blackbird, finds much of its food while it forages swiftly on foot on the forest floor. It was named by the Scottish doctor, explorer and naturalist Andrew Smith who first discovered it in the late 19th century near Kurrichane, the capital of an African tribe in the Western Transvaal. More

a picture of the Kurrichane Thrush on page 929. The Kurrichane Thrush belongs to the family of birds classified as Muscicapidae. The Robert's 7 Latin name for Kurrichane Thrush has changed from Turdus libonyana in Robert's 6 to Turdus libonyanus The map of the Kruger you see on this page shows the areas (coloured orange) where this bird has been identified. The basic information was provided by the Avian Demographic Unit based at UCT and I created the maps from that information ... More