Ground Thrush

There is one near-endemic bird species, the forest ground-thrush (Zoothera oberlaenderi). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Ternate has a ground-thrush (Pitta) and a flycatcher; Banda has a pigeon, a shrike, and a Pitta; Ke has two flycatchers, a Zosterops, ❋ Unknown (2004)

I got some very nice insects here, though, owing to illness most of the time, my collection was a small one, and my boy Ali shot me a pair of one of the most beautiful birds of the East, Pitta gigas, a lame ground-thrush, whose plumage of velvety black above is relieved by ❋ Unknown (2004)

I saw not a single ground-thrush, or kingfisher, or pigeon; and, in fact, have never been in a forest so utterly desert of animal life as this appeared to be. ❋ Unknown (2004)

On his second evening in the village, Wallace was brought an interesting ground-thrush of a species previously known only from New Guinea. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

The voices of many birds promised good shooting, and on my return I found that my boys had already obtained two or three kinds I had not seen before; and in the evening a native brought me a rare and beautiful species of ground-thrush (Pitta novaeguinaeae) hitherto only known from ❋ Alfred Russel Wallace (1868)

I got some very nice insects here, though, owing to illness most of the time, my collection was a small one, and my boy Ali shot me a pair of one of the most beautiful birds of the East, Pitta gigas, a lame ground-thrush, whose plumage of velvety black above is relieved by a breast of pure white, shoulders of azure blue, and belly of vivid crimson. ❋ Alfred Russel Wallace (1868)

Thus Morty island has a peculiar kingfisher, honeysucker, and starling; Ternate has a ground-thrush (Pitta) and ❋ Alfred Russel Wallace (1868)

Somewhat more wide-ranging species found in these forests include the Sokoke Scops Owl (Otus ireneae, EN), Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri), plain-backed sunbird (Anthreptus pallidigaster, EN), spotted ground-thrush (Zoothera guttata, EN), east coast akalat (Sheppardia gunningi, VU) and the southern-banded snake eagle (Circaetus fasciolatus). ❋ Unknown (2008)

a rare and beautiful species of ground-thrush (Pitta novaeguinaeae) hitherto only known from New Guinea. ❋ Unknown (2004)