Brown-chested alethe
| Brown-chested alethe | |
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| P. p. carruthersi in Kakamega Forest | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Pseudalethe |
| Species: | P. poliocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudalethe poliocephala (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
The brown-chested alethe (Pseudalethe poliocephala) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The nominate race (formerly A. p. castanonota) illustrated by Joseph Smit, 1883
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Alethe poliocephala. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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