 They measure 19–20 cm in length and weigh 43–65g.The contact call of the Abyssinian ground thrush is a high pitched "tseep", the song is a typical thrush like melodious series of whistled phrases rendered in Sinclair & Ryan as "chee-cheeleeroo-chruup".There are six currently recognised subspecies of Abyssinian ground thrush and they are listed below with their distributions