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Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush

Geokichla [guttata or fischeri] (= Geokichla guttata) (Vigors, NA 1831)

The spotted ground thrush 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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Turdidae
Genus:
   Geokichla
Scientific:
  Geokichla guttata

Original description

Citation:
  (Vigors, NA 1831)

Reference:
   Proc. Comm. Sci. Corres. Zool. Soc. London Part 1 no.8 p. 92

Protonym:
  Turdus guttatus

Type locality:
  Algoa Bay, Africa [= Durb'an, Natal, apud Smith, 1839, 111. Zool. South Africa, Aves, 2 (8), pi. 39].

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861762#page/106/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  60A39CF981A69BEC

Avibase ID:
  avibase-60A39CF9

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/60A39CF9

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916875


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Geokichla guttata guttata: S Malawi to Natal and Cape Province
  • Geokichla guttata maxis: southern South Sudan
  • Geokichla guttata lippensi: southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Upemba National Park)
  • Geokichla guttata belcheri: S Malawi (Mt. Thyolo)
  • Geokichla fischeri: Coastal e Kenya and Tanzania
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush
French:
Grive tachetée ou G. de Fischer

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla [guttata or fischeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla [guttata or fischeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera [guttata or fischeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera [guttata or fischeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla [guttata or fischeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla [guttata or fischeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla [guttata or fischeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla [guttata or fischeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla [guttata or fischeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla [guttata or fischeri])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Grive tachetée ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 2]
eBird version 2015:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 2]
eBird version 2016:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 2]
eBird version 2017:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 2]
eBird version 2018:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 2]
eBird version 2021:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 2]
eBird version 2022:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 2]
eBird version 2023:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Spotted Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Spotted Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Spotted Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Spotted Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Spotted Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Spotted Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Spotted Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Spotted Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Spotted Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Spotted Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Spotted Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Spotted Ground-thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Zoothera guttata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Zoothera guttata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Zoothera guttata [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Spotted Ground-Thrush ( Zoothera guttata) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Spotted Ground Thrush ( Geokichla guttata) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Zoothera guttata [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Zoothera guttata [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Natallyster
Catalan: tord tacat
Czech: drozd kropenatý
Danish: Plettet Drossel
German: Nataldrossel
English: Spotted Ground Thrush, Spotted Ground-Thrush, Spotted or Fisher's Ground-Thrush, Spotted Thrush
English, HBW: Spotted Ground-thrush
English (IOC): Spotted Ground Thrush
English (Kenya): Spotted Ground Thrush
English (United States): Spotted Ground-Thrush
Esperanto: Punktita grundoturdo
Spanish: Zorzal Moteado
Spanish (Spain): Zorzal Moteado
Spanish (HBW): Spotted Ground-Thrush
Spanish (Mexico): Zorzal Moteado Africano
Estonian: täpik-maarästas
Finnish: helmikirjorastas
French: Grive tachetée, Grive tachetée ou G. de Fischer
Croatian: prugastolici drozd
Hungarian: *pettyes pálmarigó, pettyes pálmarigó
Icelandic: Dropaþröstur
Italian: Tordo terragnolo macchiato
Japanese (romaji): gomafujitsugumi
Japanese: ゴマフジツグミ
Scientific: Geokichla [guttata or fischeri], Geokichla guttata, Geokichla guttata guttata, Turdus guttatus, Zoothera [guttata or fischeri], Zoothera guttata, Zoothera guttata guttata
Lithuanian: Natalinis dirvinis strazdas
Dutch: Natallijster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Flekktrast
Norwegian: Flekktrost
Polish: drozdaczek plamisty
Portuguese: Tordo-da-terra-malhado
Portuguese (Portugal): tordo-malhado
Russian: Натальский земляной дрозд, Пятнистый дрозд, Пятнистый земляной дрозд
Slovak: drozd škvrnitý
Serbian: Pegavi afrički drozd, Pegavi drozd sa tla
Swedish: Fläcktrast
Swahili: Mkesha Madoadoa
Turkish: Benekli ardıç
Ukrainian: Квічаль плямистий
Chinese: 斑地鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 斑點地鶇
Zulu: umuNswi

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