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Bennun, L.; Njoroge, P. 1999. Important Bird Areas in Kenya. Nature Kenya, Nairobi.

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

Brown, M. 2015. Spotted Ground Thrush Zoothera guttata. In: Taylor, M. R.; Peacock, F.; Wanless, R. M. (ed.), The 2015 Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, pp. 171-173. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Chittenden, H. 2003. Spotted Ground Thrush re-using old nests. KZN Birds: 17.

Chittenden, H.N. 2005. Spotted Ground-Thrush. In: Hockey P., Dean, W.R.J, and Ryan, P.J., (eds), Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, pp. 902-903.

Cooper, T. J. G. 2015. The effects of land use changes on the distribution of forest dependent bird species in South Africa. Stellenbosch University.

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. 2010. Further ornithological exploration of Namuli and Mabu Mountains (northern Mozambique), and the urgent need to conserve their forests. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 17(2): 159-177.

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Dowsett-Lemaire, F.; Dowsett, R. J. 2006. The birds of Malawi: an atlas and handbook. Touraco Press/Aves, Liege, Belgium.

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Harebottle, D. M. 1991, unpublished. Status, distribution, infra-specific variation and foraging behaviour of the Spotted Thrush Turdus fischeri natalicus in southern Africa. BSc Thesis. University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg.

Harebottle, D. M. 1994 unpublished. Conservation biology of the Spotted Thrush Zoothera guttata guttata in southern Africa. MSc Thesis. University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg.

Holsten B., Bräunlich A. & Huxham M. 1991. Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi. . Scopus 14: 125-128.

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Ndang'ang'a, P. K.; Mulwa, R.; Jackson, C. 2008. Status of the Endangered Spotted Ground Thrush Zoothera guttata fischeri in coastal Kenyan forests. Scopus 27: 6-9.

Ndang'ang'a, P.K., Sande, E., Evans, S.W., Buckley, P., Newbery, P., Hoffmann, D.A. and John, J. 2005. International action plan for Spotted Ground Thrush Zoothera guttata (Threatened Birds of Africa).

Parker, V. 2005. The atlas of the birds of central Mozambique. Endangered Wildlife Trust and Avian Demography Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Timberlake, J., 2017. Mt Namuli - a conservation update. Legado, Mozambique, unpublished report.

Urban, E.K., Fry, C.H. and Keith, S. 1997. The birds of Africa Vol. V. Academic Press, London.

Waiyaki, E. M.; Bennun, L. A. 1999. The avifauna of coastal forests in southern Kenya: status and conservation. Ostrich 71: 247-256.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Spotted Ground-thrush Geokichla guttata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/spotted-ground-thrush-geokichla-guttata 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.