Brown-chested alethe

The brown-chested alethe (Chamaetylas poliocephala) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is discontinuous range of presence across the African tropical rainforest.

Brown-chested alethe
C. p. carruthersi in Kakamega Forest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Chamaetylas
Species:
C. poliocephala
Binomial name
Chamaetylas poliocephala
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Pseudalethe poliocephala Bonaparte, 1850
  • Alethe poliocephala (Bonaparte, 1850)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The nominate race (formerly C. p. castanonota) illustrated by Joseph Smit, 1883

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