Spotted Ground-thrush
Geokichla guttata
Coastal forests. Above dark brown with two white wing-bars; face and underparts white, heavily marked and spotted black; bill black; legs pink.
LC
Locally Rare
Description
Fairly common, localised resident. Differs from [Groundscraper Thrush] in bold white wing-spots. Has a clear, flute-like song, the accent always on the first syllable ‘TCHEEooo-che-chichoo, TREEoo-tretrree…’. Found singly or in pairs in the lower stratum of evergreen forest of the eastern seaboard; a winter visitor to upland KwaZulu-Natal forests.
Quick Facts
Size
23 cm - M
Names
A: Natallyster
Z: umuNswi wehlathi
G: Fleckengrunddrossel
Bird Family
Largely terrestrial, insectivorous or frugivorous birds that sing from trees, some robins rating as among our finest songsters. The sexes are alike unless otherwise stated, while immatures usually have the feathers of the upperparts pale-edged, the underparts spotted.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Found singly or in pairs in the lower stratum of evergreen 'forest' of the eastern seaboard; a winter visitor to upland KwaZulu-Natal 'forest's.
