Red-tailed Ant-thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,400.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

Red-tailed Ant Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus) [XC101199]
by Hans Matheve from Shimoni, Kenya (song)

Red-tailed Ant Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus) [XC287837]
by Martin St-Michel from Kirimia, Semuliki National Park, Bundibugyo, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Genus closest to Stizorhina, the two forming a group which, in turn, is most closely related to New World Myadestes.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

gabunensis Neumann, 1908 - Southern Cameroon and Gabon east to northern DRCongo and western Uganda.
rufus (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - Eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania, including Zanzibar I.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-tailed Ant-thrush (Neocossyphus rufus) - 10 files

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