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 LC    Grey-chested Illadopsis* Id (Atlas):
    Kakamega poliothorax

Description (6)
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Other Names (World)
Grey-chested Kakamega, Gray-chested Kakamega, Grey-chested Illadopsis, Gray-chested Illadopsis, Grey-chested Akalat, Gray-chested Akalat, Grey-chested Babbler, Gray-chested Babbler, Grey-chested Thrush-babbler, Gray-chested Thrush-babbler

Family
Modulatricidae (Spot-throat And Allies)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1900)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 700 - 2,440 m.

Range (Guide)
Burundi, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda.

South-eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon and Bioko I (Fernando Póo); eastern DRCongo, western Uganda, south-western Rwanda, western Burundi and western Kenya.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

 
Grey-chested Babbler (Kakamega) [XC407487]
     by James Bradley from Woteva Forest, Cameroon (call)

 
Grey-chested Babbler (Kakamega poliothorax) [XC113444]
     by Alwin van Lubeck from Mubwindi trail, Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Affinities uncertain. Has been placed in genus Malacocincla, and possibly belongs in Modulatrix. Recent molecular research indicates possible relationship with the sugarbirds (Promeropidae), whereas some evidence suggests that it may belong in the thrush family (Turdidae). More study needed. Despite fragmented distribution, geographical variation virtually non-existent.


References
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Files:
JPG files for Grey-chested Illadopsis (Kakamega poliothorax) - 6 files


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