Kivu ground thrush

Kivu ground thrush
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Geokichla
Species: G. piaggiae
Trinomial name
Geokichla piaggiae tanganjicae
(Sassi, 1914)
Synonyms

Zoothera piaggiae tanganjicae
Zootheria tanganjicae
Geokichla tanganjicae

The Kivu ground thrush (Geokichla piaggiae tanganicae) is a bird found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is currently considered a subspecies of the Abyssinian ground thrush.

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