Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler (Phyllanthus atripennis)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swainson, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Capuchin Babbler (Turdoides atripennis) [XC404888]
by Marc Languy from Kalakpa Forest, Ghana (song)

Capuchin Babbler (Turdoides atripennis) [XC646348]
by Brendan Sloan from Wulki Farm, Careysburg, Montserrado, Liberia (call)

Subspecies
Subspecies rubiginosus is reported to intergrade with bohndorffi eastwards from Nigeria towards Central African Republic, in zone where precise distribution is unclear and very local. Central populations formerly known as haynesi but this name is a junior synonym of rubiginosus.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

atripennis (Swainson, 1837) - Gambia and Senegal south to Liberia.
rubiginosus (Blyth, 1865) - Southern Ivory Coast east to central and southern Nigeria and western Cameroon. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Black-crowned Capuchin Babbler (Phyllanthus rubiginosus).
bohndorffi (Sharpe, 1884) - Southern Central African Republic and north-eastern DRCongo east to south-western Uganda. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Grey-caped Capuchin Babbler (Phyllanthus bohndorffi).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler (Phyllanthus atripennis) - 2 files

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