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List of species

* Siberian thrush, ''Geokichla sibirica'' * Pied thrush, ''Geokichla wardii'' *

Grey ground thrush The grey ground thrush (''Geokichla princei'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. Distribution and habitat It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia Liberia (), official ...

, ''Geokichla princei'' *

Black-eared ground thrush The black-eared ground thrush (''Geokichla cameronensis'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical ...

, ''Geokichla cameronensis'' * Spotted ground thrush, ''Geokichla guttata'' - formerly ''G. fischeri'' * Spot-winged thrush, ''Geokichla spiloptera'' *

Crossley's ground thrush Crossley's ground thrush (''Geokichla crossleyi'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist ...

, ''Geokichla crossleyi'' * Abyssinian ground thrush, ''Geokichla piaggiae'' **

Kivu ground thrush The Kivu ground thrush (''Geokichla piaggiae tanganicae'') is a bird subspecies native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is currently ...

, ''Geokichla piaggiae tanganjicae'' *

Oberländer's ground thrush Oberländer's ground thrush (''Geokichla oberlaenderi''), 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. Taxonomy This species was ...

, ''Geokichla oberlaenderi'' * Orange ground thrush, ''Geokichla gurneyi'' *

Orange-headed thrush The orange-headed thrush (''Geokichla citrina'') is a bird in the thrush family. It is common in well-wooded areas of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Most populations are resident. The species shows a preference for shady damp area ...

, ''Geokichla citrina'' *

Buru thrush The Buru thrush (''Geokichla dumasi'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to montane rainforest on Buru in Indonesia. Traditionally, it included the Seram thrush as a subspecies, in which case the common name In bi ...

, ''Geokichla dumasi'' *

Seram thrush The Seram thrush (''Geokichla joiceyi'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to montane rainforest on Seram in Indonesia. Traditionally, it has been considered a subspecies of the Buru thrush, in which case the common na ...

, ''Geokichla joiceyi'' *

Orange-sided thrush The orange-sided thrush or orange-banded thrush (''Geokichla peronii'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found on Timor island and the southern Maluku Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and sub ...

, ''Geokichla peronii'' *

Slaty-backed thrush The slaty-backed thrush (''Geokichla schistacea'') is a passerine bird in the Asian thrush The Asian thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus ''Zoothera'' of the thrush family, Turdidae. The genus n ...

, ''Geokichla schistacea'' * Chestnut-capped thrush, ''Geokichla interpres'' * Enggano thrush, ''Geokichla leucolaema'' *

Chestnut-backed thrush The chestnut-backed thrush (''Geokichla dohertyi'') is a ground thrush species endemic to Lombok, Timor and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. The species is rapidly declining and it is already extinct on Lombok and possibly on Lesser Sunda ...

, ''Geokichla dohertyi'' * Ashy thrush, ''Geokichla cinerea'' * Red-backed thrush, ''Geokichla erythronota'' * Red-and-black thrush, ''Geokichla mendeni''

References

External links

Asian thrush videos
on the Internet Bird Collection {{Taxonbar, from=Q26030 Bird genera Taxa named by Salomon Müller