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 VU    Dapple-throat* Id (Atlas):
    Arcanator orostruthus

Description (9)
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Other Scientific Names
Arcanator orostruthus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Dapple-throat, Dappled Robin, Dappled Mountain Robin, Mottled Robin

Family
Modulatricidae (Spot-throat And Allies)

Size
17 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vincent, 1933)

Habitat
Closed-canopy areas with a dense growth of wild ginger and saplings on the ground of wet montane forest at mid-elevations. From 1,300 - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)
Mozambique (B) (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB).

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

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging, dry season bush fires are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A clear, flutey, whistled 'hooo ree'. Also many other varied whistles and phrases, some very oriole-like.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (50)...)

 
Dapple-throat (Arcanator orostruthus) [XC516878]
     by Louis A. Hansen from Suni camp, Chita Forest, southern Udzungwa Scarp, Tanzania (call)

 
Dapple-throat (Arcanator orostruthus) [XC429557]
     by Louis A. Hansen from Vicongwa Camp area, Udzungwa NP, Iringa Region, Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
Affinities uncertain. Occasionally placed in genus Arcanator. Has been considered to be a bulbul (Pycnonotidae) or a chat (Turdidae), but recent ­molecular studies suggest that it is closest to the sugarbirds (Promeropidae). Further research is needed.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • amani (Sclater, WL & Moreau, 1935)   -  Eastern Usambara Mts, in north-eastern Tanzania.
  • sanjei (Jensen & Stuart, 1982)   -  Udzungwa Mts, in southern Tanzania.
  • orostruthus (Vincent, 1933)   -  Mt Namuli, in northern Mozambique.


Similar Species
Greenbuls Phyllastrephus spp. in same habitat have plain underparts and are less terrestrial. Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula) has spots confined to throat and is rich chestnut.


References
See References.


Files:
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