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There are 10 subspecies: | There are 10 subspecies: |
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- Alethe poliocephala
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
Placed in genus Pseudalethe by some authorities.
Subspecies[1]
There are 10 subspecies:
- A. p. poliocephala: Sierra Leone to Ghana
- A. p. hallae: Angola (Gabela escarpment of Cuanza Sul)
- A. p. giloensis: Southern Sudan
- A. p. carruthersi: Extreme southern Sudan to north-eastern Zaire, Uganda and western Kenya
- A. p. compsonota: Nigeria and Cameroon to north-western Angola (Quicolungo); Bioko
- A. p. vandeweghei: Rwanda and Burundi
- A. p. nandensis: Western Kenya (Nandi Hills)
- A. p. akeleyae: Kenya east of the Rift Valley
- A. p. kungwensis: Western Tanzania (Kungwe-Mahari Mountains)
- A. p. ufipae: South-western Tanzania (Ufipa Plateau) and south-eastern Zaire
Subspecies nandensis is not recognised[2] by all authorities.
Habitat
Moist forests and montanes.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-chested Alethe. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-chested_Alethe