Oberländer's Ground Thrush

Geokichla oberlaenderi

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 43 g

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Its length is 20 cm (7.9 in), and it weighs 41–48 g (1.4–1.7 oz). The sexes are alike. The forehead and cheeks are deep rufous-chestnut. The back is rufous or orange-brown. The tail is brown. The median coverts have white spots, and the greater coverts are olive-black. The flight feathers are dark brown. On the underwings, the axillaries are whitish, the coverts are grey-brown, and there is a white band on the primaries and secondaries. The throat and breast are deep rufous-orange. The vent and undertail coverts are white. The legs are pinkish to whitish. The beak is black.

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When to see the Oberländer's Ground Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Oberländer's Ground Thrush

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country 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 Congo - Kinshasa.

About the Oberländer's Ground Thrush

Oberländer's ground thrush, also known as the forest ground-thrush, is a species of bird in the thrush family, Turdidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

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