Kivu ground thrush

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Kivu ground thrush
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Geokichla
Species:
Subspecies:
G. p. tanganjicae
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 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 considered a subspecies of the Abyssinian ground thrush.

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