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Adult of race woosnami
Photo © by MURAMURA
Mabira Forest Uganda, October 2006

Identification

From Central to East Africa
Central Africa: Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and just into Tanzania
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Two subspecies are recognized^[1].

A. d. castanea from southern Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon and DRC. Also found on Bioko.
A. d. woosnami from northern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern South Sudan, western Uganda, and extreme northwestern Tanzania

White-tailed Alethe was recently split from this species.

Moist lowland forests.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
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