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 NT    Rufous-winged Illadopsis* Id (Atlas):
    Illadopsis rufescens

Description (5)
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Other Scientific Names
Trichastoma rufescens [Collar and Andrew (1988)]

Other Names (World)
Rufous-winged Illadopsis, Rufous-winged Akalat, Rufous-winged Thrush-babbler

Family
Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1878)

Habitat
Primary forest, mature secondary regrowth, coastal thickets and, less commonly, logged and disturbed forest. From 535 - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)
Côte dIvoire (B) (NB), Ghana (B) (NB), Guinea (B) (NB), Liberia (B) (NB), Sierra Leone (B) (NB).

Unknown to Benin, Senegal.

South-western Senegal, south-western Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, southern Ivory Coast, southern Ghana and western Togo.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Forest clearance due to commercial logging and agricultural encroachment is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

 
Rufous-winged Illadopsis (Illadopsis rufescens) [XC126611]
     by Phil Gregory from Ankasa Game Reserve, Ghana (song)

 
Rufous-winged Illadopsis (Illadopsis rufescens) [XC718249]
     by Mike Catsis from Ankasa NP Ghana, Ghana (alarm call, call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly often placed in genus Trichastoma.


References
See References.


Files:
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