Kurrichane Thrush

Turdus libonyana (Smith, A, 1836)

Kurrichane Thrush, Turdus libonyana, breeds in central and southern Africa and belongs to the thrush family Turdidae. It is a bird of dry savanna and woodland, especially miombo woodland. Andrew Smith described it in 1836 from a specimen taken in South Africa’s Transvaal. Its name comes from a former northern South African town whose name was later altered. The scientific name was applied by mistake from a Tswana word for the red-billed buffalo weaver. Both sexes look the same.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Turdidae — Thrushes

Breeding range

Africa: c, s