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Revision as of 20:08, 20 June 2009
- Turdoides aylmeri
Identification
Distribution
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
Taxonomy
Turdoides aylmeri has four subspecies:[1]
- T. a. aylmeri
- Somalia and eastern Ethiopia
- T. a. boranensis
- Southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya
- T. a. keniana
- South-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania
- T. a. mentalis
- Interior north-eastern Tanzania and adjacent southern Kenya
Habitat
Dry shrubland and thicket.
Behaviour
Forages near and on the ground in small groups.
Vocalisation
A high-pitch chatter.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Scaly Chatterer. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Scaly_Chatterer
