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| − | ;[[:Category:Turdoides|Turdoides]] | + | ;[[:Category:Turdoides|Turdoides]] tenebrosa |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | With 24 - 26cm a medium-sized ''Turdoides''-babbler: | ||
| + | * Longish bill | ||
| + | * White-eye | ||
| + | * Blackish lores | ||
| + | * Blackish wings and tail | ||
| + | * Pale-scaled blackish-brown breast | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | Found in Central [[Africa]] from the [[Central African Republic]] to southern [[Sudan]], southwest [[Ethiopia]], northwest [[Uganda]] and northeast [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. Resident species. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Monotypic. | + | Monotypic.<br /> |
| + | Former scientific name ''tenebrosus''.<br /> | ||
| + | Has been considered to form a superspecies or to be conspecific with [[Black-lored Babbler]] and [[Blackcap Babbler]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Moist shrubland. | Moist shrubland. | ||
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- Turdoides tenebrosa
Identification
With 24 - 26cm a medium-sized Turdoides-babbler:
- Longish bill
- White-eye
- Blackish lores
- Blackish wings and tail
- Pale-scaled blackish-brown breast
Distribution
Found in Central Africa from the Central African Republic to southern Sudan, southwest Ethiopia, northwest Uganda and northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo. Resident species.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Former scientific name tenebrosus.
Has been considered to form a superspecies or to be conspecific with Black-lored Babbler and Blackcap Babbler.
Habitat
Moist shrubland.
Behaviour
References
Wikipedia
