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When to see the Groundscraper Thrush
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Groundscraper Thrush
The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Djibouti.
About the Groundscraper Thrush
The groundscraper thrush is a passerine bird of southern and eastern Africa belonging to the thrush family, Turdidae. It was previously considered the only member of the genus Psophocichla, but phylogenetic analysis supports it belonging in the genus Turdus, where it forms a sister group to the remaining Turdus species.
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Easily confused with
Campina ThrushTurdus arthuriThe campina thrush is 21.5 to 24 cm (8.5 to 9.4 in) long and weighs 50 to 66 g (1.8 to 2.3 oz).
Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensisThe Ethiopian thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.
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