Orange Ground-Thrush

SCI Name:  Geokichla gurneyi
Protonym:  Turdus gurneyi Ibis p.350 pl.9
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Geokichla
Taxonomy Code:  orgthr1
Type Locality:  near Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Author:  Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1864
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GEOKICHLA
(Turdidae; Ϯ Orange-headed Thrush G. citrina) Gr. γεω- geō- ground-  < γη gē  earth; κιχλη kikhlē  thrush; "Vogels.   ...   Geo-Kichla singularis." (Macklot 1830) (nom. nud.); "Myiothera loricata, MULL., pl. V. fig. 5.  Behoort tot de afdeeling der grootere soorten van vliegenjagers, bij welke de staart iets meer verlengd is, en die door geheele gedaante reeds sterk tot de lijsters (Turdi) naderen. Tusschen hen en dit laatste geslacht staat het genus: Geokichla BOIE, waarvan de Turdus citrinus LATH. de typus is." (S. Müller 1835); "Geokichla Müller, 1835, Tijdschr. Natuur. Gesch. Phys., 2, pl. 3, p. 348.  Type, by original designation, Turdus citrinus Latham." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 144). 
Synon. Cryptocichla, Geocichloides, Pseudoturdus, Turdulus.

geokichla
Gr. γεω- geō-  ground-  < γη gē  earth; κιχλη kikhlē  thrush.

gurneyi
John Henry Gurney, Sr. (1819-1890) English banker, MP, ornithologist specialising in raptors, founder member of BOU (syn. Accipiter brevipes, syn. Anaplectes rubriceps, Aquila, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Falco cherrug milvipes, Geokichla, Hydrornis, Mimizuku, syn. Pernis ptilorhynchus ruficollis, syn. Podiceps nigricollis, Promerops).

SUBSPECIES

Orange Ground-Thrush (otomitra)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi otomitra
otomitra
Gr. ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear; μιτρα mitra  head-band.

Orange Ground-Thrush (chuka)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi chuka
chuka
Chuka, Mt. Kenya, Kenya.

Orange Ground-Thrush (raineyi)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi raineyi
raineyi
Paul James Rainey (1877-1923) US business magnate, philanthropist, big-game hunter, pioneer photographer, explorer in tropical Africa (syn. Cinnyris mariquensis suahelicus, subsp. Geokichla gurneyi).

Orange Ground-Thrush (disruptans)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi disruptans
disruptans
Mod. L. disruptans, disruptantis  breaking, disrupting  < L. disruptus  disrupted, shattered  < disrumpere  to shatter.
• "The striking Orange Thrush Turdus gurneyi Hartlaub is an inhabitant of the moister parts of pristine forests, ranging from the coastal districts of Pondoland northwards to Mt. Kenya in Kenya Colony.  Inhabiting as it does isolated forest islands throughout most of its range, it is subject to considerable geographical variation  ...  It is clearly evident that the populations of the northern Transvaal and eastern Southern Rhodesian highland forests represent a distinct innominate race, which is formally described as T. g. disruptans mihi below.   ...   2.  Turdus gurneyi disruptans, subsp. nov." (Clancey 1955) (subsp. Geokichla gurneyi).

Orange Ground-Thrush (gurneyi)
SCI Name: Geokichla gurneyi gurneyi
gurneyi
John Henry Gurney, Sr. (1819-1890) English banker, MP, ornithologist specialising in raptors, founder member of BOU (syn. Accipiter brevipes, syn. Anaplectes rubriceps, Aquila, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Falco cherrug milvipes, Geokichla, Hydrornis, Mimizuku, syn. Pernis ptilorhynchus ruficollis, syn. Podiceps nigricollis, Promerops).