Spotted Ground Thrush

These birds are about 23cm in length, with brown upper parts and white to off-white lower parts which are darkly spotted.

The Spotted Ground Thrush is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

Spotted Ground Thrush being examined in the hand We got back to the ringing table and had ringed just one when the 20 guys arrived and we were able to display the star of the day and discuss the conservation status of the thrush and the possible threats facing it. We had just about finished ringing and processing the thrush when the rain started. More

More Spotted Ground Thrush & Infant Colobus Found on Forest Floor Yesterday we sent three teams in to the forest in an attempt to catch up on delays caused by having to re-cut transect 6, and a shorter week as some our research team prepare to take a long weekend break. Tess took 'team 1' up to transect 6 to finish off maintenance... More

First Spotted Ground Thrush in Gede Ruins in 3 years Category: Bird Ringing, Spotted Ground Thrush, endangered species Date: July 16th 2009 By: admin One Thursday last month we were back in the Gede Ruins National Monument forest – an area of beautiful indigenous forest with huge old trees surrounding the Gede Ruins – for the first monitoring session of the Spotted Ground Thrush this year at the ruins. More

Images Spotted ground thrush at nest with chicks As its name suggests, this mysterious bird is distinguishable by heavy black spotting on its white breast. The upperparts are brownish with a band of white spots on the wing-coverts. The face is whitish in colour with two black vertical stripes ... More

Spotted ground thrush at nest with chicks Spotted ground thrush at nest with chicksPrint factsheet Facts - Also known as: Fischer’s ground-thrush Synonyms: Turdus fischeri, Turdus guttatus, Zoothera fischeri French: Grive Terrestre De Fischer Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order More

The Spotted Ground Thrush (Zoothera guttata) is a rare, elusive and little-known bird that has a wide but discontinuous distribution across south-east and East Africa. Five races of the Spotted Ground Thrush have been described, and one of these (fischeri) occurs as a non-breeding visitor in forests on the Kenya coast between late March and November. The breeding ground of this population is found in some of the Tanzanian coastal forests and probably northern Mozambique. The Spotted Ground Thrush is now classified as Globally Endangered. More

International Spotted Ground Thrush Working Group was set up to coordinate the implementation of the plan. Recommended actions included raising awareness, research and monitoring, and effective management of forest habitats11. Discussions covered the importance of involving local communities and other stakeholders adjacent to the species's sites12, the use of the species's presence as an indication of high forest quality, and the benefit to local communities of ecotourism associated with the species13, which already takes place at some sites13,14. More

Spotted Ground Thrush (Zoothera guttata) - and this is the conservation project he is now focussed on. Join him on this Special & Exclusive Safari... and help make a difference! - Tell me about the Spotted Ground Thrush Project... The Spotted Ground Thrush (Zoothera guttata) is an endangered & endemic bird species. More

The Spotted Thrush (or Spotted Ground Thrush) is approximately 23cm long and weighs around 68g. The sexes are alike with the male slightly larger than the female. The Adult’s forehead, crown and scapulars are a rusty olive-brown with tail-feathers olive-brown and the outermost pairs has a white patch, mainly on the inner web extending approximately 2.5cm in from the tip. It has an eye-ring, malar streak, pre-orbital region and a patch on the ear-coverts are white. More