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- Alethe castanea
Identification
Distribution
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)
Taxonomy
Subspecies
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.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
References
- 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/
- Avibase