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Taxonomic note

Geokichla gurneyi (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Zoothera gurneyi.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	56 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	5,400,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be scarce to locally common (Urban et al. 1997).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Eswatini	extant	native
Kenya	extant	native
Malawi	extant	native
Mozambique	extant	native
South Africa	extant	native
Tanzania	extant	native
Zambia	extant	native
Zimbabwe	extant	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Mount Moco
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Eswatini	Malolotja Nature Reserve
Kenya	Aberdare Mountains
Kenya	Kikuyu Escarpment forest
Kenya	Mount Kenya
Malawi	Liwonde Hills Forest Reserve
Malawi	Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	Misuku Hills Forest Reserves
Malawi	Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve
Malawi	Namizimu Forest Reserve
Malawi	Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	Nyika National Park (Malawi)
Malawi	Soche Mountain Forest Reserve
Malawi	South Viphya Forest Reserve
Malawi	Uzumara Forest Reserve
Mozambique	Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique)
Mozambique	Mount Chiperone
Mozambique	Mount Namuli
South Africa	Amatola - Katberg Mountain
South Africa	Blyde River Canyon
South Africa	Grasslands
South Africa	Kaapsehoop
South Africa	Karkloof
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal Mistbelt Forests
South Africa	Songimvelo Nature Reserve
South Africa	Soutpansberg
South Africa	Wolkberg Forest Belt
Tanzania	Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Livingstone Mountains forests
Tanzania	Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Tanzania	Mount Rungwe
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Nguu Mountains
Tanzania	Njombe forests
Tanzania	North Pare Mountains
Tanzania	Rubeho Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa National Park
Tanzania	Ukaguru Mountains
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains
Tanzania	Uvidunda Mountains
Zambia	Nyika National Park (Zambia)
Zimbabwe	Bvumba Highlands
Zimbabwe	Chimanimani Mountains (Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe	Haroni - Rusitu junction and Botanical Reserves
Zimbabwe	Nyanga lowlands/Honde valley
Zimbabwe	Nyanga mountains
Zimbabwe	Stapleford Forest

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	500 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/orange-ground-thrush-geokichla-gurneyi on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.