Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe castanea)

Other Names (World)
Fire-crested Alethe, Firecrest Alethe

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1856)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Nigeria east to western DRCongo, south to northern Angola. Also Bioko I (Fernando P�o).

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

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (35)...)

Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe castanea) [XC617308]
by Peter Boesman from Djomo, Bayanga, Sangha-Mbare, Central African Republic (call, song)

Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe castanea) [XC608585]
by Rod Cassidy from Kibale National Park, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
White-tailed Alethe (Alethe diademata) and Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe castanea) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Alethe diademata following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Forms a superspecies with White-tailed Alethe (Alethe diademata) and has been treated as conspecific, and very similar in both song and habits, but plumage differences (including of juveniles) suggest that the two are better treated as separate species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

castanea (Cassin, 1856) - Nigeria east to western DRCongo, south to northern Angola. Also Bioko I (Fernando P�o).
woosnami Ogilvie-Grant, 1906 - Northern and central DRCongo east to south-western Sudan and Uganda.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe castanea) - 10 files

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