Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Turdidae > Geokichla > Geokichla guttataGeokichla guttata (Spotted Ground Thrush)Synonyms: Turdus fischeri fischeri; Zoothera fischeri fischeri; Zoothera guttata The spotted ground thrush (Geokichla guttata) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and possibly Mozambique. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 11.2606 EDGE Score: 4.58583 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 74 grams | | Birth Weight [1] | 5.8 grams | | Male Weight [5] | 74 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 50 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 80 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 2 | | Incubation [3] | 15 days | | Snout to Vent Length [5] | 9 inches (23 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests |
South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Eastern Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Arabuko-Sokoke Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dhlinza Forest Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Diani Forest |
Kenya |
A1 |
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Dwesa and Cwebe Nature Reserves |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Entumeni Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gede Ruins National Monument |
Kenya |
A1 |
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Imatong mountains |
Sudan |
A1, A3 |
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Kaya Gandini |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Kaya Waa |
Kenya |
A1 |
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Kisarawe District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lake St Lucia and Mkuze swamps |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lindi District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Maputo Special Reserve |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mkambati Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mrima Hill Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Ngoye Forest Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Pande Game Reserve and Dondwe Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Shimba Hills |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Soche Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Thyolo Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Umlalazi Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A3 |
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Umtamvuna Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Upemba National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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