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''Alethe poliocephala''
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[[Image:Brown-chested AletheCr.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}} <br /> [[Kakamega Forest]],  [[Kenya]], July,  2011]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Africa]].
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[[Africa]]: <br />
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'''Western Africa''': [[Guinea]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[DRC]], [[Angola]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]]<br />
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'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Bioko]] (Fernando Po)
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
There are 9 subspecies.
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Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Alethe|Alethe]]'' and in ''[[:Category:Pseudalethe|Pseudalethe]]'' by Clements. However, ''[[:Category:Chamaetylas|Chamaetylas]]'' has priority over Pseudalethe.
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 10 subspecies:
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*''C. p. poliocephala'': [[Sierra Leone]] to [[Ghana]]
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*''C. p. hallae'': [[Angola]] (Gabela escarpment of Cuanza Sul)
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*''C. p. giloensis'': Southeastern [[South Sudan]] (Imatong Mountains), population in adjacent northeastern [[Uganda]] presumably also this subspecies
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*''C. p. carruthersi'': Southeastern [[Central African Republic]], northeastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Uganda]], and western [[Kenya]]
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*''C. p. compsonota'': [[Nigeria]] and [[Cameroon]] to north-western [[Angola]] (Quicolungo); [[Bioko]]
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*''C. p. vandeweghei'': [[Rwanda]] and [[Burundi]]
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*''C. p. nandensis'': Western [[Kenya]] (Nandi Hills)
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*''C. p. akeleyae'': [[Kenya]] east of the Rift Valley
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*''C. p. kungwensis'': Western [[Tanzania]] (Kungwe-Mahari Mountains)
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*''C. p. ufipae'': South-western [[Tanzania]] (Ufipa Plateau) and south-eastern [[Zaire]]
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Subspecies ''nandensis'' is not recognised<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> by all authorities.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Moist forests and montanes.
 
Moist forests and montanes.
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==References==
 
==References==
Wikipedia
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==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Alethe+poliocephala}}  
 
{{GSearch|Alethe+poliocephala}}  
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chamaetylas]]

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Chamaetylas poliocephala

Alethe poliocephala

Photo by Steve G
Kakamega Forest, Kenya, July, 2011

Identification

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Alethe and in Pseudalethe by Clements. However, Chamaetylas has priority over Pseudalethe.

Subspecies[1]

There are 10 subspecies:

Subspecies nandensis is not recognised[2] by all authorities.

Habitat

Moist forests and montanes.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase

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