Red-throated Alethe (Chamaetylas poliophrys)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1902)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,300 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Rwanda, 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 (13)...)

Red-throated Alethe (Chamaetylas poliophrys) [XC559205]
by Peter Boesman from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Kanungu, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Red-throated Alethe (Chamaetylas poliophrys) [XC113440]
by Brendan Sloan from Buhoma2, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Brown-chested Alethe (Chamaetylas poliocephala), White-chested Alethe (Chamaetylas fuelleborni) and Thyolo Alethe (Chamaetylas choloensis).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

poliophrys (Sharpe, 1902) - North-eastern and eastern DRCongo, western Uganda, western Rwanda and western Burundi.
kaboboensis (Prigogine, 1957) - Mt Kabobo, in eastern DRCongo.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-throated Alethe (Chamaetylas poliophrys) - 10 files

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