Spotted Palm-thrush Cichladusa guttata
Spotted Palm-thrush, Yabello, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

Yabello, Ethiopia
January 2016

The Spotted Palm-thrush is distributed from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia and Somalia south through Kenya and Uganda to Tanzania. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. Unlike the other two Palm-thrush species it is rarely found near palms but in wooded grasslands and semi-arid bush where it feeds on the ground on invertebrates and fruits.
Spotted Palm-thrush, Yabello, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image Given to wing-flicking and tail-cocking its song can be varied and include mimicry but characteristically has clear whistled phrases.

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