Mountain Illadopsis (Illadopsis pyrrhoptera)

Other Names (World)
Mountain Illadopsis, Mountain Thrush-babbler

Family
Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow & Neumann, 1895)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,550 - 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, 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 (11)...)

Mountain Illadopsis (Illadopsis pyrrhoptera) [XC536651]
by Magnus Wadstein from Kakamega National Park, Kakamega, Kenya (song)

Mountain Illadopsis (Illadopsis pyrrhoptera) [XC700648]
by Peter Boesman from Kinkiizi (near Buhoma), Wilaya ya Kanungu, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Uganda (duet)

Subspecies
Previously placed in genus Malacocincla. Has been thought to form a superspecies with Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis rufipennis), normally occurring at higher altitudes than latter in areas of sympatry.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pyrrhoptera (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) - Eastern DRCongo, south-western and eastern Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and western Tanzania.
nyasae (Benson, 1939) - Northern Malawi.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mountain Illadopsis (Illadopsis pyrrhoptera) - 6 files

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