Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus)

Other Names (World)
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis, Scaly-breasted Thrush-babbler

Family
Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1887)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (59)...)

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus) [XC826388]
by Brendan Sloan from Semuliki National Park, Uganda (song)

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus) [XC739719]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Kibale National Park, Western Region, Uganda (song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Malacocincla. May form a superspecies with Blackcap Illadopsis (Illadopsis cleaveri) and occasionally treated as conspecific, but plumages distinctive and ranges parapatric.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

barakae (Reichenow, 1887) - South-eastern Central African Republic, north-eastern DRCongo, extreme southern Sudan, western and south-western Uganda and western Kenya.
albipectus (Reichenow, 1887) - Western and north-central DRCongo.
trensei (Meise, 1978) - North-western Angola.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus) - 7 files

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